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Historical errata for Pragmatic Authors Guide, II

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26TYPO

“Maybe you assumed that the world would interpret some phase or explanation one way” -> Used ‘phase’ instead of ‘phrase’.

“Other reviewers can came across as being” -> Used ‘came’ instead of ‘come’.

2011-06-15
5353SUGGEST

Consider including a small example for the

element. It’s easy to assume that it would take a

<p>and a</p> <p> <p>paragraph.</p> <tip> <title> <p>Your tip goes here…</p>
2014-05-19
78TYPO

Is it &lquot; or &lquote; and &rquot; or &rquot;?

Both seem to work so it’s a little moot but pg 77 says “we have to use curly quotes in typeset material, so use “wow!” or &lquote;wow!&rquote;" while the table on the following page leaves off the ‘e’.

2014-05-19
88TYPO

The sentence “Everything before that first page of the first chapter is caßlled the frontmatter,” contains a German “s-tsett” character in the word “called”.

2014-05-19
viiTYPO

Fourth sentence under “Evangelism” has an extra “that”; should just read “It’s not that you have …”

2017-10-05
6(20)TYPO

Under “When It All Goes Wrong,” second bullet point, third sentence: it should say “A simple cure” not “An simple cure”

2017-10-05
52TYPO

The first paragraph under Highlighting Code contains a `START_` code reference that I believe should be `START_HIGHLIGHT`.

2017-10-05
55TYPO

In the description of highlight `START_` should probably be `START_HIGHLIGHT`.

2017-10-05
9TYPO

“However, if you end an input line with two spaces or a backslash (which I do here),\\ it will force a new line in the output.”

The backslash is present in the text, and did not force a new line.

10TYPO

“It’s the same in the Markdown preprocesor”

“preprocesor” should be “preprocessor”

2020-01-14
97TYPO

“What will I learn? How to create a story using the Hero’s Journey”

is missing a period at the end

2020-01-14
98TYPO

Listen to Reviewers, Where are we going next, and how does this fit in?

“the next step is promoting yourself and your book–starting with those very same reviewers.”

Should be em-dash, not en-dash: your book—starting with

2020-01-14

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