[FM Discuss] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84

[adam hyde]

i dont understand what you can and cant copy paste...what exactly are
you referring to?

adam


On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 13:10 -0400, Walter Bender wrote:
> What's more, not being able to copy/paste code snippets from the PDF
> (or wiki) is a serious regression.
> 
> -walter
> 
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking at the Modify Sugar chapter. Do we really need to use a
> > variable-width font for code snippets? If so, this is a serious bug.
> > It makes it much more difficult to make the connection between the
> > actual experience using the command line and what you see in the
> > manual.  How did the Command Line manual cope with this?
> >
> > -walter
> >
> > 2009/3/26 Anne Gentle <annegentle at gmail.com>:
> >> Hi all -
> >> I am thinking the Sugar Guide is ready for one last look before I publish to
> >> PDF and HTML.
> >>
> >> It's still on the WRITE side of FLOSS Manuals, so feel free to do any
> >> last-minute proofing and edits here:
> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/WebHome
> >>
> >> We had some technical hurdles to overcome since it's our first version
> >> update on a manual (way to lead the way Sugar!). But I think enough bugs are
> >> worked out to allow publishing tomorrow (Friday 3/27).
> >>
> >> Final items:
> >>
> >> Walter or someone with python knowledge, could you review the "Modifying
> >> Sugar" chapter at
> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/ModifyingSugar? I had to take
> >> all the code examples (python and svg xml) and put them into images so that
> >> the PDF generation will work.
> >> There's a problem with misnumbered chapters for which I've logged a trac
> >> issue and Aco has taken: http://adam.engagetv.com/trac/ticket/81.
> >> Walter, David, and Adam - let's talk about getting an ISBN for this book if
> >> we want to sell it on Amazon. If we do decide to sell it on Amazon, we'll
> >> need a new book cover to match Crown Quarto dimensions. (The dimensions are
> >> 190mm x 250mm and the page count is 226.)
> >>
> >> Thanks, all, for your assistance and patience.
> >>
> >> Anne
> >>
> >> --
> >> Anne Gentle
> >> email: annegentle at justwriteclick.com
> >> blog: www.justwriteclick.com
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Walter Bender
> > Sugar Labs
> > http://www.sugarlabs.org
> >
> 
> 
> 
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