jim said:
1) If I had submitted this book instead to DP there would have been a much larger number of punc errors introduced as "required" by the DP process.
what? the d.p. process requires the introduction of errors?
2) We would all still be waiting for this book, because I prior submitted two books to DP after a considerable amount of work on my part and they have still to see the light of day. Someone with a practical knowledge of queuing theory needs to go over these issues with DP.
you might want to discuss queuing theory in the d.p. forums. i suppose they would get a lot of good out of that discussion.
3) I know perfectly well that errors remain unseen, which is why I would like an input file format that easily allows another motivated volunteer to pick up where I left off when my children start complaining that they are unfed and unclothed and "reality calls"
i suppose i've already told you that z.m.l. does just that. i even mounted your very book, so that you could see it. so i don't suppose it'd do any good to repeat it again now.
rather than listening to Bowerbird insult my efforts
i pointed out that your .txt version was missing the italics. if you consider that to be an "insult", your skin is too thin...
and insult my integrity simply because I do not support his favored hack markup schemes
no, you failed to support the project gutenberg standard, which calls for italics to be marked in the .txt format...
Presumably I followed the instructions on the PG website
no, you most certainly failed to follow those instructions...
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Volunteers'_FAQ#V.94._What_sh ould_I_do_with_italics.3F
you will see that it says:
Underscores are now the effective standard for italics in PG texts.
-bowerbird