jon said:
I'm up for this, but I would suggest that we use a scan that Greg nominates and uploads to PG as a master scan.
if greg finds some scan-set other than those 3, then i will be happy to upload that one as well...
That way the result will be objectively better than the extant text as it will be a version of the master scan rather than a version of an unknown edition,
p.g. doesn't consider its current e-texts to be inferior just because they come from "an unknown edition". on the contrary, p.g. often tries to cast this as a "benefit". your mileage might or might not vary...
and there will be no excuse for not replacing the old version with the new.
unfortunately, you're thinking inside _your_ head instead of thinking inside the whitewasher heads. the whitewashers will not replace the _current_ version of an e-text with one that you submit... (so your "old" and "new" terminology doesn't fit.) they'll assign your new text a brand-new number, and it will start with zero downloads, and thus it will automatically be at a _distinct_disadvantage_. their thinking is that why should your version "benefit" from the downloads accrued by the earlier version, done by a pioneering volunteer. and you can't argue that that is unreasonable. (and even if you think you can, you will not be the judge as to what constitutes "reasonable"; the whitewashers will be making that decision. and you can bet that they will find _their_ logic to be much more compelling than _your_ logic.) the whitewashers make an exception to this rule when _they_ update their _own_ submissions, but you would expect them to do that, wouldn't you? now, maybe since you've made a stink here, they will also grant an exception to your project, but if i were you, i'd wanna get the promise in public. otherwise, just get used to the fact that your work will largely be ignored. if you're ok with that, great. you will still know, underneath, you did a good thing.
I would also like to do a LaTeX version, so will need a stage before you add your formatting -- it doesn't have to be my RTT, but the lines need to correspond.
i'm just mounting the projects. somebody else will have to clean the text. and add the formatting. i mean, i _might_ do some of that stuff, but i'm not making any guarantees that i _will_... but i doubt i will. i have bigger fish to fry... also, i think it's silly not to add the formatting, so you'll have to _remove_ any that i've added. (but that would strike me as immensely stupid, because then you'll just have to add it back in.) and, as for the lines needing to correspond, that is an acceptable format for a z.m.l. file, and it has been a thing for which i've agitated for a good many years now. just so you know. i think rewrapping lines is a stupid bad idea... *** the scans are up now, for that first mounted text, meaning we can now make the outline of a system.
adjust your browser's window-size and zoom level until you get your best presentation of the display... -bowerbird p.s. another interface should be created to _diff_ this o.c.r. against a clean text to correct the errors. i might do it, if i think it'll be fun, and i have time; but i invite anyone else who wants to play to build it. if you do so, here's a clean text that you can use: