Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on GNU grep and ripgrep
by iamnotacrook on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:23PM
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This should be run past an editor. The text is missing articles (a, an, the) all over. Something obviously got lost in translation.
It's fine for a blog or comment on HN or whatever but if you're asking for money...
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Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on GNU grep and ripgrep
by kirke on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @11:34PM
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You know you really don't need to tear down his work because you don't like the way it reads.
Lots of the missing articles are around command line arguments, where the correct usage is ambiguous anyway.
I don't find it distracting. The content of these books is an excellent resource on an immeasurably useful topic.
As for "... but if you're asking for money...," this post is literally giving away his work. The consumer is given the option to pay nothing, or whatever is reasonable according to their own valuation.
If you as the consumer value the work less because it fails to conform to language rules, then you are actually invited to decrease the compensation given by you to the author.
Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on GNU grep and ripgrep
by sa46 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @05:45PM
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Somewhat off topic, how would one go about getting good technical editing for something like a blog post or for a book like the OP? Is it expensive?
Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on GNU grep and ripgrep
by timClicks on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @09:42PM
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Post an add for a "development editor" who specializes in technical writing on upwork/similar. You get what you pay for.
Re:Show HN: I wrote a book on GNU grep and ripgrep
by m463 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:29PM
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I've always wondered why book reader software didn't have a "hightlight and submit typo feedback" function right up front.
Of course, that might lead to "crowdsourced" editing, which might be a horrible thing to create.