is not defined.
- URL_RELPREFIX must always point the top page's URL
(http://www.FreeBSD.org) in relative form, defined in Makefile.
- &url.base; can be used in doc/<langcode>/*. It will be
replaced with the real URL which points the top page.
For translators: Please make sure to define URL_RELPREFIX to
point the top page. The localized docs have different directory
hierarchy in its URL from the English version.
Tested by: den
Ihis entity auto-replaced with ../../../.. by default
and with http://www.FreeBSD.org/ when URLS_ABSOLUTE is set
(used for mirrors and for release building accordingly)
as well as to the platforms that FreeBSD is 64-bits on.
o s/DEC//
Approved by: simon(mentor)
Submitted by: Linh Pham <question+freebsdpr@closedsrc.org>
PR: docs/63325
section is two sentences away.
- Update sparc64 to UltraSparc
- Mention FreeBSD is also available on DVD
- "hundreds of bug fixes" -> "thousands of bug fixes" (since 92)
- Add a link to the Packages & Ports chapter after mentioning them
- Rephrase a few sentences, remove a few unneeded words
- Remove outdated comment about FreeBSD's "sane" installer
- Remove version reference to documentation being on every FreeBSD 2.1 system
and later
Sponsored by: FreeBSD Mall, Inc.
- 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.
- Add trademark tags for all trademarks now that the stylesheet
handles it right.
- Always use correct case for trademarks.
- Don't join trademarks with other words, e.g. using hyphens.
Add trademark symbols and attributions:
- Add trademark tags as needed, generally on first use in each
article.
- Add an attribution to the legal section mentioning all trademarks
referenced.
- Always use correct case for trademarks.
trademark.ent:
Add Macromedia, Inc trademark attribution.
text and add a link to the website.
* Add information about the 5.0 and 5.1 releases of FreeBSD in the
History section. Include some information from the early adopter
guide and the release announcements to set the right expectation for
these releases versus the 4.X releases. Note that when 5.X is
declared STABLE, work will progress on 6.0-CURRENT.
FreeBSD 4.4), list only the date of 4.0-RELEASE and &rel2.current
(released in &rel2.current.date;). Also note that additional 4.X
releases will be expected throughout 2003.
account in the introduction chapter. The author attribution for this
section should be rendered more prominently (or at least differently),
since a first person narration follows.
Obtained from: FreeBSD Handbook, 2nd Printed Edition
Sponsored by: FreeBSD Mall, Inc. / WRS
- capitalize IP and FORTRAN,
- move entries in singular to the corresponding plural entries,
- fix AT&T index entry,
- move composite entries into the primary index entry and
add a secondary entry when necessary,
- move indexterm elements in the proper section.
- Update the date of the last core election
- Add Xeon, Pentium IV and sparc64 to the list of supported processors
- Update the size of the ports collection
There is one remaining place in the fdp-primer, but that needs
a bit more work.
Inspired by: docs/36462 (Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net>)
Reviewed by: ceri, trhodes
* Move two sections around; talk about what FreeBSD is before talking
about our high-profile users.
* Note that 4.x releases will happen well into 2002.
moving to a separate article. This chapter is not appropriate for the
current handbook, it will stick out even more as we split the handbook
into smaller books, and a separate article is more conducive to being
linked from the navigation bar on the main page just like the OpenBSD
and NetBSD web sites.
* First and last word uppercase
* Prepositions, articles, and short conjunctions lowercase
* The word 'to' lowercase
* Preserved capitalization for program/command names
Reviewed by: murray
* inter-operate -> interoperate
* e-mail -> email (email is used much more throughout the rest of the
handbook)
* Open System -> open system
* on-line -> online
While I'm here, fix some punctuation as well.
"Contributors List" article.
Remove the list of contributors from the "Contributing to FreeBSD"
chapter.
Remove the "High Priority Tasks" and "Medium Priority Tasks" from the
"Contributing to FreeBSD" chapter since this destined to always be
hopelessly out of date. Keep the information about what we always
need.