[FM Discuss] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84

[Jay Maechtlen]

earlier, it was noted that the code snippets were placed as images 
instead of text.
That means no cut-and-past for code use.
Don't know what problem that author was having, leading to the image use.

adam hyde wrote:
> 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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