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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>
Cc: linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, richard@nod.at
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: add a new User Mode Linux HowTo
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:40:21 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200909134021.290ea546@lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14181df1-60a4-530e-e7f2-df4e1a2972a1@cambridgegreys.com>

On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 20:37:35 +0100
Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com> wrote:

> >> +Create a sparse raw disk image:
> >> +
> >> +.. code-block:: shell
> >> +
> >> +    dd if=/dev/zero of=disk_image_name bs=1 count=1 seek=16G  
> > 
> > I'd honestly do without all these code-block directives as well; they
> > clutter things considerably for little advantage.  
> 
> I can merge most of these into a couple of code snippets. I would like 
> to leave the content though. As UML does not have an official installer, 
> the only way to install it is to build images and there is not that much 
> information on this on the net. The only well written piece on the 
> subject is > 10 years old and becoming a bit out of date.

Don't misunderstand me - the code is fine and welcome.  It's the 
".. code-block::" directives that I'm taking issue with.  I'd rather see
ordinary literal blocks instead.

Thanks,

jon

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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>
Cc: richard@nod.at, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: add a new User Mode Linux HowTo
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:40:21 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200909134021.290ea546@lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14181df1-60a4-530e-e7f2-df4e1a2972a1@cambridgegreys.com>

On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 20:37:35 +0100
Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com> wrote:

> >> +Create a sparse raw disk image:
> >> +
> >> +.. code-block:: shell
> >> +
> >> +    dd if=/dev/zero of=disk_image_name bs=1 count=1 seek=16G  
> > 
> > I'd honestly do without all these code-block directives as well; they
> > clutter things considerably for little advantage.  
> 
> I can merge most of these into a couple of code snippets. I would like 
> to leave the content though. As UML does not have an official installer, 
> the only way to install it is to build images and there is not that much 
> information on this on the net. The only well written piece on the 
> subject is > 10 years old and becoming a bit out of date.

Don't misunderstand me - the code is fine and welcome.  It's the 
".. code-block::" directives that I'm taking issue with.  I'd rather see
ordinary literal blocks instead.

Thanks,

jon

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-09 19:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-04 14:11 [PATCH] docs: add a new User Mode Linux HowTo anton.ivanov
2020-09-04 14:11 ` anton.ivanov
2020-09-06  7:56 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-09-06  7:56   ` Mike Rapoport
2020-09-06 16:59   ` Anton Ivanov
2020-09-06 16:59     ` Anton Ivanov
2020-09-09 17:52 ` Jonathan Corbet
2020-09-09 17:52   ` Jonathan Corbet
2020-09-09 17:54   ` Randy Dunlap
2020-09-09 17:54     ` Randy Dunlap
2020-09-09 19:37   ` Anton Ivanov
2020-09-09 19:37     ` Anton Ivanov
2020-09-09 19:40     ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2020-09-09 19:40       ` Jonathan Corbet

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