[FM Discuss] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84

[adam hyde]

can I suggest we take these Sugar issues off this list. its flooding the
discussion list with things most people dont care about. Please cc me in
the discussion







On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 10:24 -0700, Jay Maechtlen 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Discuss mailing list
> >>>> Discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> >>>> http://lists.flossmanuals.net/listinfo.cgi/discuss-flossmanuals.net
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Walter Bender
> >>> Sugar Labs
> >>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>
> >>     
> 
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