Re: FHSST-Maths: Update and November Deadlines

[Carl Hultquist]

Hi all,

Been a hectic month for me & I haven't managed to get anything
constructive done on the numerics side :-( Have read through the current
stuff & have a few thoughts, but haven't put hand to keyboard yet. I
blame admin stuff like sorting out the reams of documentation I needed
to hand in to facilitate upgrading to a PhD :-P Will try to have
something done ASAP!

Sam, could you shed some more details on the proposed new format? What
are the most significant changes that need to be made? Is their any way
we could automate things (like some sort of simple parser from LaTeX to
the new format)?

Cheers,

Carl


On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 17:59 +0000, Sam Halliday wrote:
> Hi team,
> 
> How is everyone coming along with this months contributions?
> 
> The admins have been discussing a new way of maintaining the books,  
> which will be web based and not as dependent upon LaTeX as now. This  
> should make editing easier and also more accessible. I think maths  
> should use the new system as soon as possible, so we'll need help  
> uploading the current book to the new format. It should be trivial,  
> yet mundane... but allowing for mini edits during the transition.
> 
> As for hackathons, I still want to set one up in Edinburgh, but for  
> those not around Edinburgh feel free to set up your own and let me  
> know about them.
> 
> For all the new authors who were not assigned a section, please get  
> back to me and I'll set you up with something for the next month.
> 
> Is everyone still alive? Maths progress has been rather slow of late.
> 
> cheers,
> Sam
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