grub2 pages

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Again i haven't looked at your explanations in the changelog but short is good and extremely short is better.  Sounds like you have done the right thing.  People who want more details can look at the diffs from the history fairly easily.  In some of mine i just wrote "spam" as even "spam removal" seemed unnecessarily long-winded. It's more a very brief reason for why you edited rather than being a proper change-log.  

I think we generally go for "folders" rather than "directories" because it's more friendly.  There probably are a few cases where "directory" is more familiar to more people so inconsistencies arise but it's unusual to hear people use the longer word these days.  I tend to avoid changing headings too often unless they really scream out to be changed (such as if they are all capitals instead of Title Case = i prefer Title Case).  

In the boot display behaviour it might be easier to just say "above" but it might be an opportunity to learn how to use short-links within a page or to sub-pages.  I really don't think it matters which as both are probably used inconsistently within the Community Docs.  The official docs probably do have a policy on it but Community Docs tends to avoid having policies (or people tend to have no idea about them and just do what they feel like at the time).  Personally i might do the fastest thing and then intend to come back later to play around with links.  

Your "initial default" looks MUCH better.  Easy to see with hindsight.  Thanks for solving that bug-bear!  

In "timed displays" your re-ordering sounds like it makes more sense.  Go for it! :)

Many thanks for doing all that and giving such detail about it.  It sounds like you are going to be more comfortable with Official Documentation when the freeze is over.  I suspect the slightly anarchic "Community Docs" is possibly slightly outside your comfort-zone but you are doing great stuff there! :)

Thanks and regards from 
Tom :)  





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 From: MARTIN DIXON <mh.dixon at btinternet.com>
To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>; Ubuntu Doc <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 16:12
Subject: Re: grub2 pages
 


@ Tom

Notwithstanding your reaction - thanks.
Now be serious - attached my first shot ** mark completed edits.
I regret I have been a bit short on explanations in the recent changes log - will try to improve!
There is one question re Saved which someone might care to consider answering.
Now I shall go and ly dwn in a drk rm.
Regards Martin


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 From: Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: Martin Dixon <mh.dixon at btinternet.com>; Ubuntu Doc <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 15:38
Subject: Re: grub2 pages
 


Hi :)
Wow!!  Blimey!  I wasn't expecting this level  of pre-briefing!  Tbh i didn't understand it but still think you should go ahead with it.  

I suspect Doug might understand this sort of thing and it might be necessary for the Official Documentation but i prefer the wiki's because it doesn't need this level of planning.  With the wiki's just go in, quickly do some edits and then save the page and leave it or else do re-open and do some more.  Some pages have a count-down timer but if you go 'a bit over' time it still lets you
 save anyway.  I'm sure i've been over by several hours a few times.  

Regards from 
Tom :)  





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 From: Martin Dixon <mh.dixon at btinternet.com>
To: Ubuntu Doc <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Monday, 23 September 2013, 7:38
Subject: Re: grub2 pages
 


  Tom Davies 19 September 2013, 19:41 Subject: grub2 pages wrote -
I think all that bit in "Displays" about "Signposting from older links" should come out now
 

@GRUB2 "team" my response to Tom's 'Signposting' challenge is
    attached - I am neither experienced nor confident enough to pursue
    that one further.
I will concentrate on GRUB 2 generally and see what else I can come
    up with.

@Little Girl - Moin OK!

Martin

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