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[Ilya Haykinson <haykinson@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I've been looking at the latest LP branch. I noticed that main.tex now
> includes some handy shaded boxes. It would be nice to have additional boxes
> for warnings and tips. Both of which could be either the full width of the
> page or centered, rather than having wrapped text as the current yellow box.
>

Agreed; the \notecallout and \marginnote boxes I've added so far are just
examples; please feel free to extend etc.


> If those currently working on the style for the guide don't mind. I can
> write the code for the above boxes.
>

Please, edit mercilessly :-)


> I also noticed in Chapter 2 (I think) a box in the margin with "see chapter
> XX". I don't think its been mentioned yet, but we should use \label and \ref
> when referring to other chapters. I would suggest all labels start with a
> shortened title of the chapter then section name to avoid conflict e.g.
> \label{security:updates}, similarly with figures
> \label{secuityr:fig:figure-name}.


And thanks for the tip.

-ilya