On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 3:04 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > When we change FAQ (and I really like the idea of using MDTEXT), we should > make it easy to translate for all the local sites, and not only the first > time, but more importantly to stay up to date with the translation. > > Do we currently have any tools to "watch" a mdtext file, so when the > english version is changed the local translators are notified ? If not we > should think of a mechanism, since especially FAQ are of interest in all > languages. >
On Windows there is this CommitMonitor tool: http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/CommitMonitor.html Also, you can "roll your own" with email filters on messages sent to the commit list. -Rob > Jan I. > > > On 3 December 2012 20:54, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> Rob Weir wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 26/11/2012 Rob Weir wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> [Can I install Openoffice on my IPAD?] I nominate this for an FAQ. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I agree. But where is our FAQ page currently? Unfortunately, there's an >>>> "OpenOffice FAQ" easily reachable by search engines at >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/faq.**html<http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html>and >>>> quite outdated (I don't know whether >>>> it's reachable from the home page, but it doesn't seem so). >>>> >>>> Time to make a new FAQ available or update the old one and link to it >>>> from >>>> the current site? >>>> >>>> >>> The current location of the FAQ is prominent in search results. That >>> is valuable and worth preserving. >>> >>> But the current FAQ contents are out of date. They would need a lot >>> of work to update/correct them. >>> >>> Although the FAQ's are presented in a way that is OK for the user, the >>> static HTML source is structured in a way that will be painful to >>> maintain. Getting a cleaner structure, for example using HTML >>> definition lists (<dl>) would be easier and could be maintained via >>> the CMS web interface. >>> >>> There is another set of FAQ's on the documentation wiki: >>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Documentation/FAQ<http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ> >>> >>> These also appear to be unmaintained. But I think the wiki version >>> would be easier to maintain. >>> >>> So one possible resolution could be: >>> >>> 1) Take anything of use from the FAQ's at >>> http://www.openoffice.org/faq.**html >>> <http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html>and copy them into new FAQ items on >>> the wiki >>> >>> 2) Update the other FAQ's on the wiki >>> >>> 3) Add new items to the wiki FAQ (like the iPAD question) >>> >>> 4) Delete the old FAQ directory and replace with a single page that >>> directs the reader to the wiki FAQ's. >>> >>> >>> -Rob >>> -Rob >>> >>> Regards, >>>> Andrea. >>>> >>> >>> Rob; >> >> I have been updating some of the FAQ's on the wiki site that were tagged >> as needing help. I am more than willing to start a comprehensive review and >> clean-up of the User FAQ's on the documentation wiki if that is the way we >> decide to go. The advantage is that the wiki is easier to maintain and it >> is already categorized with a toc on the main page. >> >> Regards >> Keith >> >> >>
