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Author SHA1 Message Date
Giorgos Keramidas
10b9fc1cd5 Disconnect the "NanoBSD" Handbook chapter from the build. 2006-05-16 14:01:08 +00:00
Giorgos Keramidas
6fe5a0d4ac Add `NanoBSD' to the Handbook preface chapter, to make it more
visible and describe its contents to the Handbook reader.

Prodded by:	joel
2006-05-05 13:48:12 +00:00
Joel Dahl
efdc9949c9 Add information about the new GEOM chapter.
Approved by:	brueffer (mentor)
2005-09-07 16:06:53 +00:00
Giorgos Keramidas
39758719f5 Use <literal> instead of <varname> as an example of monospaced text,
as the latter renders as /italic/ text in our HTML output.

PR:             docs/82458
Submitted by:   Alex <KB1FYR@gmail.com>
2005-06-21 14:14:52 +00:00
Denis Peplin
882df99b3a Use X11 where talking about X Window System and only XFree86 is mentioned 2004-12-20 11:04:26 +00:00
Denis Peplin
2ab303d4f9 Cleanup after removing firewalls from security chapter 2004-12-20 09:48:41 +00:00
Giorgos Keramidas
f81d4eca16 Add information about the firewalls chapter to the Handbook preface.
PR:		docs/74978
Submitted by:	Joel Dahl joel at automatvapen dot se
2004-12-13 11:47:05 +00:00
Marc Fonvieille
cfd720d800 s/travelled/traveled
(documented by
http://www.scriptorium.com/Standards/probhome.html#HEADING27 and
Webster's dict)

Submitted by:	Jesus R. Camou <jcamou@COX.net>
Verified by:	ceri
2004-08-25 19:54:41 +00:00
Marc Fonvieille
889bdd678f - Add &linux; entities for trademark reasons, it's the Preface...
- Add a missing whitespace

PR:		docs/70920
Submitted by:	Jesus R.Camou <jcamou@cox.net>
2004-08-25 07:13:36 +00:00
Murray Stokely
f962d385e1 * Add a section about improvements that have been made since the 2nd
Printed Edition.

* Update the section about improvements between the first and second
  editions to refer to the second edition in the past tense.

Obtained from:	FreeBSD Mall, Inc. 3rd Edition FreeBSD Handbook
2004-08-01 05:48:15 +00:00
Murray Stokely
e489a014cc Update the preface to describe the new organization of the Handbook
into 5 logical parts.  Reorder the brief description of each chapter
to conform to the new layout.

Obtained from:	FreeBSD Mall, Inc. Third Edition FreeBSD Handbook
2004-07-13 08:52:37 +00:00
Murray Stokely
ea5883b1d9 Add brief synopses of the new Mandatory Access Control and Network Servers
chapters of the Handbook.
2004-07-13 07:02:34 +00:00
Denis Peplin
59859e64cb Close / fix pair tags 2004-07-06 14:25:55 +00:00
Ceri Davies
f589c4e5a5 Grammar police: "setup" is not a verb. 2003-11-05 10:36:56 +00:00
Chern Lee
dabda76e8d Remove a superflous comma
Add a blurb explaining <keycap> combinations
Change "rendered" to "shown" for simplicity

Sponsored by:	FreeBSD Mall, Inc.
2003-09-05 21:26:52 +00:00
Simon L. B. Nielsen
9d8f8810f0 handbook/*
- Use trademark entities, including XFree86 now that the XFree86 Core
   Team has responded with their trademark policy.
 - Add trademark attributions.
 - Always use correct case for trademarks.
 - Don't join trademarks with other words, e.g. using hyphens.
 - Don't use trademarks as nouns (e.g. don't use "Windows NT's").

trademark.ent:
 - Add entities for more trademarks / companies.
 - Fix the Xiph.Org entry.
2003-08-31 22:15:28 +00:00
Ceri Davies
e5a459bfcb Add an entry for the new vinum chapter.
PR:			docs/42446
Submitted by:		Niall Brady <bradyn@maths.tcd.ie>
Also suggeested by:	blackend
2002-09-05 16:01:48 +00:00
Sebastien Gioria
a380b19777 Updating the title of the Sound Chapter to Multimedia, because it reflect
better the contents

PR: docs/42411
Submitted by: Christophe Juniet <cjuniet@entreview.com>
2002-09-04 16:04:21 +00:00
Ceri Davies
ecedd570c8 Add the new Desktop Applications chapter to the Preface.
PR:		docs/42375
Submitted by:	Niall Brady <bradyn@maths.tcd.ie>
2002-09-03 18:38:53 +00:00
Marc Fonvieille
67aec82a09 - Add application tags for XFree86
- Add links to Appendices (idea comes from last Ceri's commit)
2002-08-29 21:15:57 +00:00
Ceri Davies
1a0e3b8a99 Fix chapter references in the handbook preface.
PR:		docs/41924
Suggested by:	<sub@mui.net>
2002-08-27 19:06:02 +00:00
Ceri Davies
3e790a779f Fix typo in a comment. 2002-08-27 18:29:15 +00:00
Marc Fonvieille
1f1e4bff9e Use quote tags instead of ""
Approved by:	keramida
2002-07-13 17:16:36 +00:00
Marc Fonvieille
2492d7e28a Typo: s/IPSec/IPsec/
PR:		docs/38615
Submitted by:	Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org>
Approved by:	keramida
2002-06-18 09:58:50 +00:00
Bruce A. Mah
198a609770 Use manpage ref instead of application tags for su(1).
PR:		38927
Submitted by:	Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org>
2002-06-10 20:52:37 +00:00
Giorgos Keramidas
b6451802ab Typo fix: different -> differences. 2002-05-26 23:03:15 +00:00
Giorgos Keramidas
f01e5be177 Remove part of a sentence that seems confusing.
PR:		docs/38525
Submitted by:	Arthur Munn <amunn@comcast.net>
2002-05-25 23:07:36 +00:00
Ceri Davies
06d9683afc Correct typo ("you've have" -> "you have").
PR:		docs/38482
Submitted by:	Arthur Munn <amunn@comcast.net>
2002-05-24 08:14:03 +00:00
Giorgos Keramidas
ee4df5a35e Add a few applications tags to mark up the names of KDE, Mathematica,
and a few others.

PR:		docs/37988
Submitted by:	Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org>
2002-05-12 18:37:32 +00:00
Giorgos Keramidas
e7655d4598 Whitespace fixes.
Punctuation chars should not be preceded by spaces.
2002-02-14 22:31:00 +00:00
Murray Stokely
31e0264d2a Remove entry that talks about what Appendix E contains -- Appendix E
doesn't exist in the stock Handbook.

Also fix a small typo.
2001-11-20 14:12:02 +00:00
Murray Stokely
1cb5ea457a Add a preface to the Handbook, including :
* Intended Audience
    * Recent Changes
    * Organization of this Book
    * Conventions used
    * Acknowledgments

Obtained from:	WRS, 2nd Edition Handbook (ISBN 1-57176-303-1)
2001-11-19 11:38:48 +00:00