[Ubuntu-manual] Can anyone check this for me?

2012-07-22 Thread Hannie Dumoleyn
On page 28 of the manual (Precise) I read: This left pane can be changed to display different features (such as Information, Tree, History, etc.) by clicking the down arrow beside ``Places'' near the top. In my version of Nautilus 3.4.2 I do not see a down arrow. But in the menu View I can ch

[Ubuntu-manual] changes in e2 and quantal

2012-07-22 Thread Hannie Dumoleyn
I am currently making changes to The Ubuntu Desktop (from my notes). I already mentioned issues like menubar, places etc. on this mailing list, and I think now is the time to implement the changes, why wait for quantal? One of my decisions is this: In the GUI I see: Toolbar Statusbar Sidebar So,

[Ubuntu-manual] corrections chapter 2

2012-07-22 Thread Hannie Dumoleyn
Hi Jim, Since you are also working on this chapter I want to let you know what I have changed already: The Ubuntu Desktop Page Old / New 24 is lens will automatically categorizes installed applications / categorize 22 The top bar is also referred as the top panel / referred to as the top pa

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] corrections chapter 2

2012-07-22 Thread Jim Connett
Sounds good. Thanks. I plan to pull e2 this week and begin working on it. On Jul 22, 2012 1:43 AM, "Hannie Dumoleyn" wrote: > Hi Jim, > Since you are also working on this chapter I want to let you know what I > have changed already: > > The Ubuntu Desktop > Page Old / New > > 24 is lens will a

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Can anyone check this for me?

2012-07-22 Thread Paddy Landau
On 22/07/12 09:13, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > On page 28 of the manual (Precise) I read: > This left pane can be changed to display different features (such as > Information, Tree, History, etc.) by clicking the down arrow beside > ``Places'' near the top. > > In my version of Nautilus 3.4.2 I do not

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] changes in e2 and quantal

2012-07-22 Thread Paddy Landau
On 22/07/12 09:24, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > In the GUI I see: > Toolbar > Statusbar > Sidebar > So, why shouldn't we write "Menubar" instead of "menu bar". I dislike mangling English for the sake of inventing unnecessary jargon. How is such invented jargon to be translated to other languages? How

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] changes in e2 and quantal

2012-07-22 Thread c7p
Menubar = top bar ? --John 2012/7/22 Paddy Landau > On 22/07/12 09:24, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > > In the GUI I see: > Toolbar > Statusbar > Sidebar > So, why shouldn't we write "Menubar" instead of "menu bar". > > > I dislike mangling English for the sake of inventing unnecessary jargon. > How

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] changes in e2 and quantal

2012-07-22 Thread Ilya Haykinson
It's fairly common in English to write menu bar as two words, even as other bars (side, tool) are frequently written as a single word. I don't think our manual should change spelling conventions for the sake of consistency. English is not a consistent language, generally, anyways. On Jul 22, 2012

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] changes in e2 and quantal

2012-07-22 Thread Kevin Godby
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Ilya Haykinson wrote: > It's fairly common in English to write menu bar as two words, even as other > bars (side, tool) are frequently written as a single word. > > I don't think our manual should change spelling conventions for the sake of > consistency. English

[Ubuntu-manual] Compilation of translations

2012-07-22 Thread Carsten Gerlach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello everybody, This weekend I tried to compile a translated version of the manual. I noticed that the names of all translators are automatically exported from Launchpad to the *.po files. If you compile the manual with this raw list, the you get a u

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Compilation of translations

2012-07-22 Thread c7p
Sounds good, i'll test it with the Greek version when translations are done. Thanks ! 2012/7/22 Carsten Gerlach > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello everybody, > > This weekend I tried to compile a translated version of the manual. I > noticed that the names of all transl

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Compilation of translations

2012-07-22 Thread Kevin Godby
Hey, Carsten. On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > This weekend I tried to compile a translated version of the manual. I > noticed that the names of all translators are automatically exported > from Launchpad to the *.po files. If you compile the manual with this > raw list,

[Ubuntu-manual] Stepping Down

2012-07-22 Thread Bryan Behrenshausen
Hi team, As another jam-packed academic term looms on the horizon, I believe it's time for me to admit -- not only to you but also to myself -- that I will no longer be able to assist the project. I will soon take on a number of new, exciting endeavors as part of my doctoral studies, and these wil

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Stepping Down

2012-07-22 Thread Kevin Godby
Hello, Bryan. On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Bryan Behrenshausen wrote: > As another jam-packed academic term looms on the horizon, I believe > it's time for me to admit -- not only to you but also to myself -- > that I will no longer be able to assist the project. I will soon take > on a numbe

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Proposed release schedules

2012-07-22 Thread Patrick Dickey
I may have missed this, but do we have an updated list of all of the errors? And does it include the Advanced Topics not being a chapter anymore? I'll look at the list this week, to see what needs to be fixed on my chapter (Advanced Topics) and get them fixed next weekend. Have a great week.:) Pa

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Proposed release schedules

2012-07-22 Thread Kevin Godby
Hello, Patrick. On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > I may have missed this, but do we have an updated list of all of the > errors? And does it include the Advanced Topics not being a chapter > anymore? I don't think there's a comprehensive list anywhere. However, I have ma

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Can anyone check this for me?

2012-07-22 Thread Hannie Dumoleyn
Thanks for your answer, Paddy. I will delete the sentence in Precise-e2. H Op 22-07-12 16:37, Paddy Landau schreef: On 22/07/12 09:13, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: On page 28 of the manual (Precise) I read: This left pane can be changed to display different features (such as Information, Tree, Histo