Headings numbering, visible anchors
Thomas Chung
tchung at fedoraproject.org
Mon Mar 3 18:46:22 UTC 2008
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Tim Landscheidt <tim at tim-landscheidt.de> wrote:
> "Thomas Chung" <tchung at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> >> I read Fedora Weekly News as plain text, and one thing that
> >> has bothered me for some time is that while the headings in
> >> the table of contents are numbered, the headings in the text
> >> "body" are not. Besides, there are several lines à la
> >> "[[Anchor(Marketing)]]" in the text whose presence looks un-
> >> wanted.
>
> >> Would it be possible to correct these mistakes? I'd have
> >> happily provided patches, but I have not found the script
> >> used to convert the newsletter to plain text.
>
>
> > Thank you for your feedback.
> > However that's not a mistake but a feature of wiki.
> > We're trying to accommodate both text email readers and wiki readers.
> > Numbers in TOC is generated automatically by the wiki system.
> > Anchors are there so wiki users and translators can refer to a section easily.
> > For example, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue122#Marketing
>
> Yes, but anchors are of no use in plain text emails, and I
> do not complain about the numbering in the TOC but of the
> lack hereof in the body. To illustrate, the current issue
> starts with:
>
> | = Fedora Weekly News Issue 122 =
>
> | [...]
>
> | 1. Announcements
> | 1. Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04
> | [...]
>
> | [[Anchor(Announcements)]]
> | == Announcements ==
>
> | In this section, we cover announcements from Fedora Project.
>
> | https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list
>
> | Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
>
> | === Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 ===
>
> | PaulFrields announces in fedora-announce-list[1],
>
> | [...]
>
> I'd propose - in plain text emails - to leave out the
> "[[Anchor(Announcements)]]" line, and change
> "== Announcements ==" to "== 1. Announcements ==" and
> "=== Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 ===" to
> "=== 1.1. Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 ===".
>
> I think it is useful to provide the numbering in the body,
> because it is the only way the reader can easily find the
> section whose title he saw in the TOC.
I see your point. We'll consider your feature request.
Regards,
--
Thomas Chung
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung
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