Re: [Firebird-docs] gsec doc

[Norman D. <No...@Bo...>]

In article <Pin...@s4...>, 
pa...@vi... says...

Hi Paul,

There attempt number 3 at :

http://www.bountiful.demon.co.uk/firebird/index.html

> 
> Yes, I think it's better now.
> 

Phew !

> One more thing though: in verbatim environments (screen, program-
> listing etc.) you must limit the line length to 72 characters,

OK, I've fixed the >72 character problems and it does look miles better 
when rendered as PDF. I was wondering how to fix that problem, I just 
forgot to ask.

> Also, if you use leading whitespace in verbatims, it's nicer if you
> match the amounts. E.g. in "GSEC Commands" there are two screens
> shortly after one another. The first has a 7 char left margin, the
> second 5.

Must have been a cut and paste screw up on my part, those two 'screens' 
were lifted directly from a DOS session of GSEC -help. Sorted now - no 
leading spaces.

> (Actually I'm not even sure if you should use a <screen> here. You're
> not presenting this as a screen example to the user, but as an
> enumeration. So an <itemizedlist> would be more logical.)

I've sorted thoise two, and the one above which you didn't spot :o)

> BTW, a tip: for lists, you can set 'spacing="compact"'. This is often
> nicer if the items are short. Unfortunately, it only works for the PDF
> output.

Done this. I'm not sure I like the look of the output though. Seems to 
make the explanation paragraph too close to the line above. Still ...


> > No, that's in France, I'm off to Crete :o)
> 
> Alright, smartypants! :-)  Watch out for the labyrinths...

I'll do my best. Problem is, Crete (and most other Greek Islands) tend 
to be somewhat hilly, and I get awful vertigo when travelling on the 
roads. I suspect I'll just have to sit in the shade reading books - and 
maybe doing a bit of drawing - for a couple of weeks.

> [ Mystery man: ]
<SNIP>
> him. Better take this EPOCMAN passage out, or people will start
> worrying if they *don't* find him in their USERS table ;-)

EPOCMAN, the mystery, is no more. He's still there in the display 
command output, but no-one will know that he is a mysterious entity.

That's it then, I might get a chance to check email etc tomorrow (I tend 
to use Atkin for posts as I get a daily digest via email) but I'll be 
travelling home for the weekend in the PM and then off to places sunny 
next week.

I'll 'see' you when I get back.

Cheers,
Norm.

PS. Helen - good book, well worth the wait. I'm up to selectable stored 
procs at the moment. I notice that it is still over 1000 pages, did they 
put back the bits they were going to put on a downloadable 'CD' ?

N.