The question was: will p.g. accept e-texts that have been "corrected" by virtue of having their not-to-be-unwrapped lines indented? The short answer, yes. "Corrected" texts can be sent to PG's errata system (errata2010_AT_pglaf.org) as attachments. However, it seems to me that simply indenting not-to-be-formatted lines, and doing nothing else, is at least somewhat pointless. Many of PG's older texts have other problems than that (missing illustrations, ASCII only rather than Latin1 or UTF8, missing/incomplete indexes, etc, etc, etc.) A far more desirable approach would be to pick an old PG text, find a scanset in IA/Google/wherever, get a copyright clearance, and do a new version of it, either from scratch, or a complete re-proof of the existing file(s), doing whatever is needed to bring it up to current standards. Two examples: "Main Travelled Roads", by Hamlin Garland (PG#2809). In response to a recent errata report, I repaired several missing paragraphs. While doing that, I found that the text also has hundreds, maybe thousands, of hyphens that should be em-dashes (--), far too many for my limited time to deal with (see note below). Arizona Sketches (PG#756). It's missing all its illustrations, and the first "n" in "canon" is a plain "n", not n-tilde. Investigation may reveal other problems. Note: Complaints that the Repost team (mostly myself and David Widger, between us doing considerable clean-up work on several thousand of PG's old files) "should have done more" will fall on deaf ears. We're only two people, we're also 2/3 of the Whitewashers, and 2/3 of the Errata team, and we both produce independently. Back off. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: Bowerbird@aol.com To: gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org ; bowerbird@aol.com Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:15 AM Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: Removing spurious break lines al said:
I've contacted Joaquin directly.
well, i agree that there's no need to engulf an innocent newcomer in an involved discussion about p.g. policy. but that doesn't mean the discussion should be swept under the rug, eh? we'll need an answer to the question: will p.g. accept e-texts that have been "corrected" by virtue of having their not-to-be-unwrapped lines indented? transparency is the new black. sunshine is the best disinfectant. the most colorful fish deserve the most apparent aquarium. so... what is the p.g. policy on this? -bowerbird _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d