> On May 23, 2017, at 3:22 PM, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Tue, May 23, 2017 1:11 pm, doncram wrote: >> Wow the process to change documentation (at >> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Documentation_Update_Instructions ) seems >> pretty complicated, even impossible for Windows users. > > What's so complicated about a git checkout and using the appropriate > DocBook tools to edit the DocBook sources of the manual? > >> I would hope it >> should be possible to have a full working version of the Tutorial and >> Concepts Guide that is open for edits/improvement by users informed about >> accounting and trying to make the Guide more useful for basic users, in a >> wiki document (where changes can be seen and there can be discussion at >> Talk pages). > > There's no good way to translate from Wiki to PDF. There was a conscious > decsion a while ago that we wanted offline help, which meant a non-wiki > form.
I’m certainly no expert on the matter and I have no beef with the GIT process for documentation, but that seems odd at first glance since wikis are markdown inside HTML which is a subset of XML which the doc procedures turn into PDF. Or did I misunderstand something? -Adrien > >> Then periodically when the Wiki editors get consensus that a >> new version is ready, just one programmer type person with Linux could go >> through those complicated steps to get it published. Allow different >> parties to specialize in how they contribute. I for one would like to >> contribute in improving the Concepts guide text. > > The publication side is fine, and we do already go through that. As for > people reading/editing -- github pull requests provide that. > > [snip] >> Currently I am trying to log into the Wiki but keep getting error message: >> There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been >> canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Go back to the >> previous >> page, reload that page and then try again. > > I think you need to clear your cache/cookies and try again. Not sure what > happened here. > >> Recent changes shows that Jrall opened an account for me, which I reported >> did not allow me to edit, because I need to get some user group rights >> added, and I don't yet know if I was able to log in again whether I would >> be able to edit yet. > > This is correct; you have not validated your email. At least according to > the database, you are not "email authenticated" which is a requirement to > edit the wiki. I do not know why it says "email_authenticated" is NULL > for both you and Buddha. Did you actually confirm your email? Can you > try confirming it again? > > The previous users in the list appear to have done so -- but it also > appears there are a number of users who have not. > > This COULD be a bug in the ConfirmAccount plugin where it does not > properly translate the email authentication across. Or it could be a bad > interaction between CA and the built-in email confirmation. > > So can you confirm you confirmed your email? Can you try confirming > again? Let me know if/when you attempt this. Better yet, can you come > onto IRC during 9a-5p EDT and we can work on trying to track down the > issue. > > Yes, I could just go into the database and fix it manually (which I'll > gladly do as a last resort), but I'd rather get down to the bottom of the > actual issue. > > Thanks, > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
