[FM Discuss] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84

[mick at mcin.net]

also to add to the confusion
what's this about problems with tables?
should be not be using tables in docs now?
mick

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Jay Maechtlen <techwriter at covad.net> wrote:

> 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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