Re: Which is the correct template currently?

[Ali Abdin <ALIABDIN aucegypt edu>]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> Having just updated my CVS stuff:
> 
> [hobbit aloss ~/CVS/gnome-docu/gdp/templates]$ ls
> CVS				     applet_template_1.sgml.cdata
> GNOMEAPPLET-fig.png		     example_applets.png
> GNOMEAPPLET-properties.png	     gnome-app-template.sgml
> Makefile.am			     gnome-app-template.sgml.cdata
> applet_props_dialog.png		     gnome-applet-template-shell.sgml
> applet_template_1-applet.sgml	     gnome-applet-template-shell.sgml.cdata
> applet_template_1-applet.sgml.cdata  gnome-applet-template.sgml.part
> applet_template_1.sgml		     gnome-applet-template.sgml.part.cdata
> 
> ...exactly which of these am I supposed to care about? This is silly.
> If we don't want to lose them, can't we make a "old" directory and
> move 'em? 
> 
> I think a "CURRENT_IS_whichever" file is sorely need. If ln -s works
> in CVS, then creating a "current-template" and just switching the links
> would be cool, but I have learned that CVS always has a few surprises
> for me, and I suspect that it won't like that at all. 
> 
> Failing that, a file called current-templates which gets edited to
> say "for applets, use foo. for apps, use blah" etc would be fine.
> 
> In addition, I also have grave problems with some of the grammar in
> many of the templates. They were supposed to be guidelines, folks. But
> since people keep "correcting" my grammar to be in line with the 
> templates, word for word, I am simply going to change whichever
> are the relevant ones unless someone really screams within a few days.
> 
> And I still think … is a mistake: it's rendered incorrectly
> by several browsers. (Either that or the stylesheets still need 
> fixing.)

You'll be happy to know that Mozilla handles … entities. Of course 
it is 'not supported' in gdb2html2 yet :)