[Booki-dev] hey, ho!

[adam hyde]

yo...cool stuff Joshua :)


On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 01:33 -0400, Joshua Facemyer wrote:
> So, I've played around with Booki a bit on the new Inkscape manual.
> 
> It's great!  Not perfect, but, hey - that's why you're working on it :)
> 
> I've filed several reports on Trac - most for "enhancements". Mostly, 
> it's pretty basic usability stuff like an edit button at the top of the 
> reader (in addition to the one at the bottom).
> 

ok, cool...thats _very_ useful stuff. I might (later) make a new
category in trac for usability 'bugs'

> To the devs: please don't take the recommendations in my enhancement 
> requests as demands; I'm simply explaining what seems would work well in 
> my head for the situations I'm addressing.
> 
> I've got some questions to discuss before I file bugs on them:
> 
> Are images supposed to be smaller than they were with FM?  All the full 
> width images which were imported overflow the text section (which is, 
> apparently, smaller than 600px).  What's the standard max width for 
> images?  Also, is there any way to specify width precisely?

it should be the same but i think i screwed this up somehow. i will look
at this issue next week and get back to you on it

> 
> Is there a way to preview a chapter while working on it, or while 
> looking at the TOC in edit mode?

yeah...thats a very needed feature. the only way is via the 'read only'
view...i think we should have a 'view' button next to the 'edit' on
in /edit/...do you think this would be a good solution?

> 
> Has any work been done on versioning of whole books (i.e. to make 
> "editions")?

yes...try creating a new book and then you will see it - its only
available to book 'owners'

> 
> In FM, CTRL-S saved - it doesn't appear this is the case with Booki, am 
> I correct?
> 

correct - please file it as a bug if you havent already

> I'll be sending some more questions soon, I'm sure :)
> 

:)

> Because images are important for the Inkscape manual, and we make heavy 
> use of them, I am interested in how image management will be handled. 
> Adam had suggested that I start a thread on the list about image 
> management, so I'll be sending another message soon.

cool!

> 
> Cheers! And thanks for all the hard work!
> 

thank you HEAPS for this :)

adam

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