Re: [Plplot-general] 5.9.6 is now available

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On 2010-06-06 06:51+0100 Leo wrote:

> On 2010-06-05 19:47 +0100, Hazen Babcock wrote:
>> (2) Let us know of any problems / bugs that you come across while
>> installing / using PLplot.
>
> This is trivial but may be handy.
>
> INFO-DIR-SECTION Scientific Visualization
> START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> * The PLplot Plotting Library: (plplotdoc).   The PLplot Plotting Library
> END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
>
> It would be better to change the above to:
>
> INFO-DIR-SECTION Scientific Visualization
> START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> * PLplot Plotting Library: (plplotdoc).   The PLplot Plotting Library
> END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
>
> i.e. remove 'The' in the menu entry this allows users to discover the
> plplot manual much easier in info.
>
> When I type 'm' in info and see no entry starts with plplot I searched
> plplot and discovered there's 'the' causing this trouble.
>
> HTH

Hi Leo:

I think this is a good idea.  I am pretty sure the
relevant section of our DocBook source code is

     <abstract role="texinfo-node">
       <para>The PLplot Plotting Library</para>
     </abstract>

in doc/docbook/src/plplotdoc.xml.in.  Anyhow, I have just made a commit
that drops the "The" there, and I am now regenerating our documentation
to see whether this change will implement what you want without screwing
up anything else.

Alan
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