RFR: A "Boot Time Splash Screens" Section to the Handbook

Manolis Kiagias sonic2000gr at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 21:26:02 UTC 2008


Gabor PALI wrote:
> Manolis Kiagias wrote:
>   
>> I like the improvements too :)
>> If I were to make a few changes (at the edge of these being doc-bikesheds):
>>     
>
> Absolutely not, it IS suggested by the FDP Primer [1]:
>
> ``Avoid redundant phrases
>
> Try not to use redundant phrases. In particular, "the command", "the
> file", and "man command" are probably redundant.''
>
>
> Hopefully, I will reach this section of the FDP Primer in the Hungarian
> translation soon :)  Thanks for the comment!
>
>
> I fixed the parts in question, so you can proof-check the results here:
>
> (in HTML:)
> http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/03/html/boot-blocks.html#BOOT-SPLASH
>
> (in unified diff format:)
> http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/12/03/splash.screen.section.patch.diff
>
>
> Regards,
> :g
>
> [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style.html
>
>   
Looks fine to me!
I also tested the procedure on my Aspire One. Got the "may the source be
with you" splash up in no time at all ;)



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