Re: DocBook tags: <literal> versus <firstterm>

On 25 February 2010 14:52, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Richard Quadling wrote: > > ... snip ... > >> firstterm : "This element marks the first occurrence of a word or term >> in a given context. " (TDG) >> >> That certainly sounds like the tag to be used. >> >> The example TDG has is ... >> >> <article >> xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> >> <title>Example firstterm</title> >> >> <para>In an <firstterm>Object Oriented</firstterm> programming language, >> data and procedures (called <glossterm>methods</glossterm>) are >> bound together. >> </para> >> >> </article> >> >> So, the tag is good and it is supported as part of the Generic package >> which both the PEAR and PHP PhD packages extend. > >  i can submit a patch that adjusts a number of those tagged terms. > can someone explain the proper "svn diff" incantation to post, along > with the proper subject line, etc? > >  i'm familiar with the concept of submitting patches, having > submitted quite a number of them to the linux kernel mailing list.  i > just need to know the proper recipe for submitting them here. > if there's a web page that explains that, all i need is the link. > thanks. > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day                               Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > >            Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page:                                         >  http://crashcourse.ca > Twitter:                                       > http://twitter.com/rpjday > ======================================================================== > svn diff should be enough for the diff. You can read the commit messages by looking at any of the commits online (http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=295501 for example). If you are fixing a bug, then using fix# or bug# followed by the actual number will allow the the svn hooks update the bug for you. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling