CT, in the short description, we want it to be a one-sentence summary of
the actual plot. "The Sequel to Kidnapped" doesn't tell us anything
about the plot of this book (or even less if you've never read
Kidnapped). So something like, "a pirate meets a damsel and falls in
love while swashbuckling the high seas" or something like that. Can you
update that?
On 3/10/22 7:04 AM, C T wrote:
> Oh yeah, the accents and spelling were ridiculous. And I discovered a
> ton of Scots words in the dictionary that I'd never heard before.
>
> I should have corrected all the issues you called out. Please let me
> know if there's anything else. Thanks!
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 9:14 PM B Keith <
bois...@gmail.com
> <mailto:
bois...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Ok, there are few things to look at.
>
> Firstly you need to:
>
> * run typogrify
> * run clean
> * se build-toc
>
> I’ve opened up an issue for the rest. Good job overall — the
> accents/spelling would have driven me buggy
>
> B
>
>> On Mar 8, 2022, at 12:05 PM, C T <
concave...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:
concave...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone. I apologise for the (long) delay but I have
>> finally completed David Balfour and it is ready for review.
>>
>>
https://github.com/ConcaveTrillion/robert-louis-stevenson_david-balfour
>> <
https://github.com/ConcaveTrillion/robert-louis-stevenson_david-balfour>
>>
>> I wasn't 100% sure on the content.opf as relates to 'alternate
>> titles' as this novel is often called 'Catronia'. I used the
>> title-short element for this, but if there's a better way I can
>> change it.
>>
>> Thanks! I will email the list with the book I want to do next.
>>
>> CT
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 7:20 PM Vince <
vr_se...@letterboxes.org
>> <mailto:
vr_se...@letterboxes.org>> wrote:
>>
>> That is a pretty common practice (quotes having both quote
>> marks and being italicized), and yes, that’s what the manual
>> is addressing. If the quote, or any part of it, would be
>> italicized for other reasons (emphasis, foreign language,
>> etc.), then of course it should be, using the normal means,
>> but otherwise only quote marks are necessary, and the italics
>> should be removed.
>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2021, at 6:05 PM, C T <
concave...@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:
concave...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for being so patient with me and all of my questions.
>>> Here's another regarding quoted dialog and italics.
>>>
>>> <p>“Ay and no,” said he. “The case is over; the jury is
>>> enclosed, and will be so kind as let us ken their view of it
>>> to-morrow in the morning, the same as I could have told it my
>>> own self three days ago before the play began. The thing has
>>> been public from the start. The panel kent it, ‘<i>Ye may do
>>> what ye will for me</i>,’ whispers he two days ago. ‘<i>I ken
>>> my fate by what the Duke of Argyle has just said to
>>> <abbr>Mr.</abbr> Macintosh</i>.’ O, it’s been a scandal!</p>
>>>
>>> 8.2.1 says "Using both italics and quotes (outside of the
>>> context of quoted dialog) is usually not necessary. Either
>>> one or the other is used, with rare exceptions."
>>>
>>> So in this case, I should remove the <i>? This happens a lot
>>> in the story, one character quoting another and the quote is
>>> always both single quoted and italicized.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 4:52 PM Vince
>>> <
vr_se...@letterboxes.org
>>> <mailto:
vr_se...@letterboxes.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> No, it’s only talking about existing citations. If
>>> there’s not one, you don’t need to add one. (The wording
>>> does sound a bit ambiguous, though.)
>>>
>>>> On Apr 11, 2021, at 2:52 PM, C T
>>>> <
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