[FM Discuss] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84

[Walter Bender]

Presumably it was Anne who changed all the code snippets in the
Modifying Sugar chapter into images because, as she said, so that the
PDF generation will work. This is a major regression.  See
http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/ModifyingSugar

-walter

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:13 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> 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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>> >
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>> > Walter Bender
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