Re: Useful articles.

Re: Useful articles.

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Dan,

>Here's a few updates to www.accu.org/terse/cpp.htm for you:
[snip!] Thanks a bundle for your links. They should appear on the ACCU 
website within the next two weeks.

Sincerely,


Ian Bruntlett,
ACCU Internet Zonemaster.

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Re: Useful articles.

[Dan Kegel]

Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> Could you recommend a particular HTML 
> validator for me to use? (I'm more of a programmer than a webmaster but 
> I'm willing to learn more to make the website better.

I use two.  There's the online one, http://validator.w3.org,
which is good for a quick check from a browser,
and then there's "HTML Tidy", http://tidy.sourceforge.net/
which I use not just for validation, but also for
reformatting (I tend to use things like 'tidy -i -wrap 200 -b -c'
when I run into a page that's so cluttered I can't read
the code to debug it).
- Dan

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Re: Useful articles.

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Dan,

>And last but not least, *please* run the pages through an HTML
>validator.  They look pretty awful in Mozilla.  For instance,
>please don't put <h2> or <h3> tags inside lists; they just don't
>render well.

OK I'll set about doing that. Could you recommend a particular HTML 
validator for me to use? (I'm more of a programmer than a webmaster but I'm 
willing to learn more to make the website better.


Ian

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Re: Useful articles.

[Dan Kegel]

Ian wrote:
 > I maintain the "internet links/resources" section of the ACCU
 > (Association of C & C++ Users) website.

Here's a few updates to www.accu.org/terse/cpp.htm for you:

Under 'Discussion', please remove the outdated link to
http://www.subduck.com/

Under 'glibc2', please remove the outdated links to
http://www.imaxx.net/~thrytis

Under 'C++ Compilers', please remove the outdated links to
http://www.codesourcery.com/gcc-compile.shtml
http://egcs.cygnus.com/ and
http://www.goof.com/pcg/
and add a link to
http://kegel.com/crosstool (it's a gcc/glibc build script)

You might change http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ to the shorter 
http://cygwin.com

On http://www.accu.org/resources/public/terse/develop.htm,
the 'Version control / Configuration management' section
please add links to http://perforce.com, http://bitkeeper.com,
http://subversion.tigris.org, and http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-arch/

And last but not least, *please* run the pages through an HTML
validator.  They look pretty awful in Mozilla.  For instance,
please don't put <h2> or <h3> tags inside lists; they just don't
render well.

Cheers,
Dan

Re: Useful articles.

[Joe Buck]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:28:32AM +0000, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> I maintain the "internet links/resources" section of the ACCU (Association 
> of C & C++ Users) website.
> 
> There are two reasons for me contacting you.
> 
> 1. I would like to know of any URLs/resources you have on your websites that 
> would be suitable for inclusion on the website, possibly
> www.accu.org/terse/unix.htm
> www.accu.org/terse/cpp.htm

You would probably find a lot of interest, but that's really up to you.
It's your editorial decision, not ours.  Just go to http://gcc.gnu.org/
and look around.  

You might want to include links to ...

Main site: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Obtaining pre-compiled versions: http://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html
Online documentation: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/

> 2.  I asked RMS where I might find a good home for a couple of programming 
> articles I wrote about User Defined Types / Classes. He suggested that I 
> contact you. The articles are
> http://www.accu.org/resources/public/terse/learn.htm
> http://www.accu.org/resources/public/terse/overload/UserDefinedTypesQualitiesPrinciplesArchetypes.html

I don't think it's a good idea for us to publish such material.  The
reason is that doing so would suggest that we are a resource to help
programmers learn to program.  That's not the function of the GCC project;
our main mailing list is strictly for serious developers and testers of
the compiler, and even the gcc-help list is intended for people who know
the language they are programming in but require specific help with some
GCC issue.

If you link to any pointers to our mailing lists, please warn people that
questions like "How do I do X in C++?" will not get a friendly reception
on any GCC list.

Useful articles.

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I maintain the "internet links/resources" section of the ACCU (Association 
of C & C++ Users) website.

There are two reasons for me contacting you.

1. I would like to know of any URLs/resources you have on your websites that 
would be suitable for inclusion on the website, possibly
www.accu.org/terse/unix.htm
www.accu.org/terse/cpp.htm

2.  I asked RMS where I might find a good home for a couple of programming 
articles I wrote about User Defined Types / Classes. He suggested that I 
contact you. The articles are
http://www.accu.org/resources/public/terse/learn.htm
http://www.accu.org/resources/public/terse/overload/UserDefinedTypesQualitiesPrinciplesArchetypes.html

Thank you for your time.

Ian Bruntlett
ACCU Internet Zonemaster

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