> On May 23, 2017, at 8:50 PM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> 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
On that note, I already knew about html2pdf for *nix, but even better - there’s this: Extension:Pdf_Export on the mediawiki site. -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
