Re: Gnome-App Template Proposed Updates

[John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 04:34:59PM -0500, Eliot Landrum wrote:

> 
> 1. Starting at the top, entities - I created two new entities and changed the name of the existing one.

This is a great idea. I'd favor including it in the templates.
> 
> 2. I changed all sect1, sect2 and sect3's to section. For some reason I like <section> better... 
> 

I'm inclined against this change. I find numbered sections easier to navigate conceptually as I'm writing.


> 
> 4. All comments to note sections are now in the format:
> 
> 	<!-- BEGIN: SECTION -->
> 	
> 	<!-- BEGIN: SECTION-SUBSECTION -->
> 
> 	<!-- END: SECTION-SUBSECTION -->
> 
> 	<!-- END: SECTION -->
> 
> All of those ==='s gave me headache. None of them were of the same length either.. 

Gee, I liked the old "======="'s - big, clunky, easy-to-find navigational landmarks.


> 
> 
> 8. Added screenshots of each menu in the usage-menubar section. Also removed references to "you" in the menu item descriptions.

I think this may be overkill. If there's something unusual about a menu that needs illustration, I think it's worth doing, otherwise I think it clutters things up.

Thanks for the effort Eliot -

John