Linux, musical road-dogging, and daily life by Paul W. Frields
 
Tag: <span>editing</span>

Writing to be read.

Here’s my point (TL;DR*): Write to be read.** Where do I get off? As you read this, don’t forget: I’m speaking from experience as a bad writer of email! I’ve made every mistake I point out here, and most of them countless times over. I have lots of room to improve as a writer. But in the same …

Respecting impairments.

This tip is a short one, but it applies to a lot of people in the Fedora Project, since we all share responsibilities for writing stuff on the Fedora wiki. I often see instructions or guidance on the wiki where the writer wants to provide a link. Often those instructions …

XML editing with Emacs.

I’ve been using GNU Emacs ever since I started working with the Fedora documentation team years ago. I wouldn’t call myself a power user by any means, but it handles my modest needs very well. Other people may have different preferences, which is fine. (Holy wars to /dev/null please.) In …