documentation-guide/en_US getting-files.xml,1.1,1.2

Paul W. Frields (pfrields) fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sat Mar 3 00:03:51 UTC 2007


Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv2887/en_US

Modified Files:
	getting-files.xml 
Log Message:
Better hinting for choosing module names; caution about using distro name redundantly


Index: getting-files.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/getting-files.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- getting-files.xml	3 Feb 2007 22:21:58 -0000	1.1
+++ getting-files.xml	3 Mar 2007 00:03:49 -0000	1.2
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   <section id="ch-getting-files-filenames">
     <title>Filename Conventions</title>
     <para>
-      &FDP; provides the tools, scripts, and stylesheets to transform your
+      The &FDP; provides the tools, scripts, and stylesheets to transform your
       <abbrev>XML</abbrev> documents into other output formats such as
       <abbrev>HTML</abbrev>.  In addition, these tools can build your document
       into a <abbrev>RPM</abbrev> package.  To take advantage of these
@@ -91,16 +91,28 @@
         Each document lives in a peer directory to the
         <filename>docs-common</filename> directory you extracted from the &FED;
         archive earlier.  On the CVS server, these directories are called
-        <firstterm>modules</firstterm>.  Choose a module name that accurately
-        reflects your document's subject, but avoid any name already taken.  Use
+        <firstterm>modules</firstterm>.  Use
         the <command>cvs co -c</command> command to view existing module names.
       </para>
+      <example>
+	<title>Partial List of CVS Modules</title>
+	<screen><userinput>cd ~/localrepo/fedora-docs/</userinput>
+<computeroutput>build-docs   infrastructure/build-docs
+cvsroot      CVSROOT
+desktop-up2date desktop-up2date
+developer-guide developer-guide
+docs         .
+docs-common  docs-common
+documentation-guide documentation-guide
+example-tutorial example-tutorial</computeroutput></screen>
+      </example>
+      <para>Choose a module name that accurately reflects your
+	document's subject, but avoid any name already taken.</para>
       <important>
 	<title>Avoid Redundancy</title>
 	<para>
-	  Do not use the word <wordasword>&FED;</wordasword> in your module
-	  name.  Since all documents in the repository are &FED; documentation,
-	  using this term creates unnecessary confusion.
+	  Do not use the word <wordasword>&FED;</wordasword> to name
+	  modules in the &FDP; CVS repository.
 	</para>
       </important>
     </section>




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