FreeTDS Development Group

["Lowden, James K" <LowdenJK AT bernstein.com>]

> From: Bill Thompson [mailto:thompbil AT exchange.uk.ml.com]
> Sent: June 12, 2002 10:53 AM
> 
> OK James, I'll send you something on FreeBCP...

Thanks, Bill, that would be great.  I know that was a backhanded way of
asking.  I hope I wasn't rude.  

> BTW, My text editing skills are limited to 
> 
> a) vi
> b) MS Word
> c) Notepad

I know what you mean.  Every time I work on the UG, I think, I really have
to learn emacs (which has a mode for everything from moonshots to sgml).
But I never do.  

Straight text would be fine.  If you wouldn't mind, the following would make
my job much easier:

1.      After any special term, put "</>".  For example, 

        FreeBCP</>.  

2.      If the special term includes whitespace, precede it with "<>".  For
example, 

        <>FreeTDS 0.60</>.  

That would be enormously helpful.  I'll run your text through a wee bit 'o
Perl to convert it to sgml from there.  

Hey, will ya look at that!  Documentation documentation, right before your
very eyes!  

But if that sounds like a discouraging hassle, I'll accept anything
representing a rudimentary form of English.  We aim to please, because we
pocket your share of the royalties.  

Cheers, 

--jkl