Hello, everyone.
I had Ben chase down some Launchpad developers at UDS to help us with
the problem of strings being marked as 'suggestions'.
There is a bug in Launchpad that causes this. It's on their to do
list to fix, but I think there are a couple either items on their list
that have a higher
join the
existing Docs Team process' is not directly workable, since it's clear
we have some cultural and procedural differences right now -- much as
having UMP just fork the Docs Team's content is a bad solution. How do
_you_ think the UMP team can improve the working relationship
al-maverick-final
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You received
from English but
> also from Danish and Norwegian
We'd love to have your help in translating our manual. We've written
some instructions for getting started at
http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved/translators. Please let us know
if you have any quest
know where to find material. Second - it's ineffective
> because users will find certain answers in one place, and others on
> another place. They may even be inconsistent.
I agree completely.
> So I think that the answer here *is* for us all to work on
> improvements to ubuntu-
Using {\bfseries this text is bold} will work fine, but we should
replace it with something more semantic in the next edition.
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th something you can do
that fits your talents.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, suggestions,
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Why should there be a comma there?
I would think that if you put a comma after 'We permit', you'd also need
a comma after 'encourage', making the phrase 'and even encourage'
parenthetical (which would be better set off with dashes).
Compare:
"We permit and even encourage you to distribute a copy
Hello, Ross.
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Ross Masters wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've had a few technical issues setting up to start editing. After TexLive
> had finally installed and the required packages had been checked I pulled
> the latest manual branch. I tried to make it but got this error:
>
Hello, Ross.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Ross Masters wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> While the first make ran fine making the en_GB variant fails:
> r...@ross-laptop:~/Projects/ubuntu-manual$ make ubuntu-manual-en_GB.pdf
> bzr version-info --custom --template="Revision number: {revno}\qquad
> Revision
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Ross Masters wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> bzr tells me the parent branch is lucid-e2, how can I use e1?
If you run 'bzr branch lp:ubuntu-manual/lucid-e1' it will download the
lucid-e1 branch. You're not allowed to modify anything in that branch
(it's frozen), but you can
has pushed code to the branch. If this
occurs, run:
bzr uncommit
to undo your commit. Your changes are still in the files, so nothing
is lost. Then start at step 3 again.
As always, if you have any questions, you can reply to this email or
chat
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Jason Cook wrote:
> After fixing some bugs how can I re-release the manual? I have a bunch of
> bugs assigned to me that have a "committed" fix but can't make them as
> released yet.
We'll mark them as released when we release the next edition.
Thanks!
--Kevin
I'm not sure if this is relevant to this bug or not, but in case it is:
We recently received an email stating that the translation template in
the lucid-e1 branch has been updated.[1] However, I know of no reason
why it should have been updated by Launchpad.
As far as I can tell, the commits to
Hello, Daniel.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> I found, that text within a \window-bracket get's these quotation marks:
> "…".
> In Germany we use these: »…«
> They have the following unicode:
> »: 00BB ; Alt-Gr + y
> «: OOAB ; Alt-Gr + x
>
> Is it possible to correct it i
Hello, Jason.
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Jason Cook wrote:
> Does anyone know where the logs will be. I could not attend as I was in
> school.
The meeting didn't actually occur. The only people who showed up were
Ubuntu Manual team members. We'll schedule a new meeting soon and
start som
Hello, Basil.
2010/6/2 Basil Marmer :
> Installed TeX with install-tl, the started install-pkgs.sh - all is done
> without errors, but when I try to compile the ubuntu-manual with russian
> translation I get the following error:
>
> make ubuntu-manual-ru.pdf
> bzr version-info --custom --template=
Hello, Hannie.
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Hannie Lafeber-Dumoleyn
wrote:
> Hello,
> As a translator of the ubuntu-manual (into Dutch) I have a question. Would
> it be possible to get a preview of the translated manual in pdf format once
> the translation is finished and before it is publishe
Hello, Daniel.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> I'm working as an editor on the german translation so far and found a
> few things I would like to talk ask:
>
> 1) The \window-command uses the wrong quotation-marks (in german). I
> posted the correct on the mailing-list some
Hello, Daniel.
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> I've got some good news to present: The german translation of the manual
> is completed :)
>
> My propose would be, to build it on the official build structure, let me
> take a look at the result and release it, if everything
Hello, Daniel.
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> Well then, here again:
> 7) checked
>
> 8) checked
I don't see ubuntu-manual-de.tex listed in the lucid-e1 repository
(see http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual/ubuntu-manual/main/files).
You need to add the file to th
.com / referral 704
6. ubuntuforums.org / referral 510
7. dobreprogramy.pl / referral 468
8. habrahabr.ru / referral 444
9. distrowatch.com / referral297
10. workswithu.com / referral218
Any other stats people are interested in?
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end of July. So our primary task right now is to find all the bugs in
the first edition: typos, factual errors, grammatical errors,
formatting bugs, etc. The best way to help there is to sit down with
a copy of the first edition and start filing bugs.
If you have any questions, feel free to
You can't build translations of the second edition yet. To build the regular
English version (the one that gets edited), just run make with no
parameters.
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(on a train in the middle of nowhere, Nevada, but where the cellular
reception is better than it is at my house)
On J
Hey, Ryan.
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Ryan Macnish wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion, thats probably a good idea, so that we can keep
> track of what has and hasnt been updated for maverick. Ill go through them
> and do that tomorrow.
When you do that, set the target milestone to the Maver
Thanks for the note about the lucid-e1 settings being incorrect. I've
fixed this now.
We do still want lucid-e1 to be the translation focus. The lucid-e2
branch is the development focus, but it is very much in flux and would
be a waste of the translators' time to have them try to keep up.
lucid-
o explore how the writing styles differ among
the materials produced by each team.
I encourage everyone to post questions, notes about what they've
learned, opinions, etc. to the mailing lists throughout the week.
Thanks!
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Hello, Daniel.
Here's a list of some of the things I need before we can publish the
German edition:
1. Copyright text. There are two versions of the copyright page--one
for the print edition and one for the on-screen edition.
% Begin copyright text
\noindent Copyright \textcopyright{} \the\year
2010/7/16 Luke-Jennings :
> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 19:29 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote:
>> 1. Copyright text. There are two versions of the copyright page--one
>> for the print edition and one for the on-screen edition.
> Was already done and sent to the list I have attached the
their correctness and choose them from the list. I may be
wrong in this, however.
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k the index again.
If all is well, I can upload the PDFs to lulu.com and our website.
Oh, for the lulu.com site, I need you to translate the following list
of keywords for me:
Ubuntu Manual, Ubuntu, user guide, handbook,lucid, lynx, 10.04,
lucid lynx, help, documentation,book, pdf, ebook, free,
'allo.
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> Theres on broken umlaut, the ä in erhältlich.
Good catch. I've fixed this and uploaded new copies of the PDF.
> Ubuntu-Handbuch, Ubuntu, Handbuch, Leitfaden, Lucid, Lynx, 10.04, Lucid
> Lynx, Hilfe, Dokumentation, Buch, pdf, ebook,
these bugs. It looks like they've all been fixed
for the upcoming second edition.
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 00:21 +0200, Daniel Schury wrote:
>
>> How long/short, what informations should be included?
>>
>> Sth. like »Hey, finally the german edition was released, can be
>> downloaded here« or more text?
>
> You could base it
buntu-manual.org/download/10.04/de/screen
Or buy a printed copy:
http://ubuntu-manual.org/buy/gswu1004e1/de
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to short UI element strings) would go a long way toward
helping all of our projects.
(Did I stray wildly off-topic and completely forget to answer your question?)
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have a known set of responsibilities.
Documenting our processes, procedures, and the responsibilities of
each role will help keep things flowing.
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how things are
going. Is there anything we can help with?
I've got a few folks volunteering to help you fix any LaTeX errors so
that your PDFs compiling successfully again. If you'd like help with
this, just ask.
Thanks for all of your hard work in translating the Ubun
Thanks for the updates. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't the bottleneck!
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On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Xuacu wrote:
> For the Asturian translation, I've found that there isn't asturian TeX
> hyphenation pattern (and almost nothing exists for our language). Hence,
> there are a lot of text overflow warnings in the PDF build. I'm working
> on that from our (alpha+) Asp
ook design that we should make?
6. What have I left off this list?
Thanks for all your hard work -- this manual wouldn't exist without your help!
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> I have a suggestion to point 5, layout: As already mentioned, grouped
> style would be great.
"Grouped style"? Can you explain what you mean by that?
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> Damn, I hate online-translations^^
>
> In german it would be "Blocksatz", it means, that the text is centered
> in a way, that both the left and the right side start/end at the same
> line, so that you get a smooth border. You know what I mea
Here are some drafts of the release notes that may also help us
determine what needs to be updated.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/BetaAnnouncement
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/TechnicalOverview
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I haven't looked into the pricing, but another option would be to use
http://a.nnotate.com/. You can upload the PDF to the site and have
everyone annotate it via the website. To add an annotation, you just
highlight the text that needs correcting and add a note about what's
wrong with it. It wor
Hello, Hannie.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Hannie wrote:
> This is NOT the case in the following example:
> If the \window{Movie Player} window is already open, open \menu{Movie} menu,
> then choose \menu{Play Disc\ldots} and the movie will start.
> When I insert a DVD in my computer with Tot
I can answer a few of these.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Ryan Macnish wrote:
> Yep, i have noticed the lack of progress and direction too.
> Ok, to get an idea of where we are at:
> Is the title page done?
Yes.
> Is all the new content written?
No.
> Are the credits ready?
No.
> What
Hey, Ben.
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Benjamin Humphrey wrote:
* snip *
> Rather than see the team disintegrate, which would be terrible, I
> figure we need to slim our goals down a bit and perhaps give us a
> greater time span to work in. Hence I propose one (or both) of the
> following:
>
Hello, Jonas.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Jonas Endersch
wrote:
> Hi,
> I sent this e-mail to Kevin a few days ago (at least the first part
> about latex), but maybe anyone of you could help me with this problem,
> too...
You did? I'm sorry, I must've missed it.
> I followed the instruction
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Alexander Lancey wrote:
> Just to double check, since it's a confusing 12 PM in my time zone, is it in
> 10 minutes or 12 hours?
In 4 minutes.
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ologies"
> This looks to be an artifact from an edit somewhere along the way, no big
> deal, but I thought you might want to know.
>
Good catch! I've committed this fix and it will appear in the 10.10 manual
when it's released.
Thanks for your bug reports -- we
so we have a better idea of what the final
release will actually look like. (We have been affected by changes
that land post-feature freeze, too, unfortunately.)
It never hurts to start making a list of the changes we can expect or
should look out for in the upcoming release, however. It makes i
Hello, Hannie.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:44 AM, lafeber-dumoleyn2
wrote:
> If authors who write new versions only add new strings, and do not add minor
> changes to strings that already exist, our problem is solved. LP will
> transfer all the old strings and their translations, as long as they ha
I was hoping the lulu contact for the manual team could ask them to
> rectify this, as I guess they don't trust random people mailing them
> things should be free ;)
Thanks for catching this error! I've updated the price so you should now be
able to download the
Hey, Hannie.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:17 AM, lafeber-dumoleyn2
wrote:
> Hi,
> Latex code is preceded by "\" e.g. \marginnote{}, but when I edit in gedit
> another "\" is added.
> Does it make any difference if there is "\" or "\\"?
It does make a difference. While the source file for LaTeX wil
Hi, Hannie.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:42 AM, lafeber-dumoleyn2
wrote:
> The problem is as follows:
> I have merged manual-lucid and maverick into a new file. When I open this
> file in Lokalize (or gedit) every code is preceded by \\ (green). When I
> copy a whole paragraph/string from Lokalize t
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:28 AM, lafeber-dumoleyn2
wrote:
> Now this is funny. In one string in LP I have removed the second \ where
> there were two and I have added a code with one \. When I copy the string to
> Lokalize I see this:
> \application{Nautilus}, where '\a' are green. In LP I have al
key=CM6-6tsL>
The meeting adjourned at 16:53 UTC. The log of the meeting is located
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Hello, everyone.
In late 2009, Benjamin Humphrey founded the Ubuntu Manual Project and
served as its leader until late 2010. As project leader, Ben handled
much of the marketing and recruiting efforts for the project. In
addition, he served as the de factor editor in chief for the first two
editi
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote:
> I think some days before we decided to write ubuntu manual for LTS
> releases only,
> for ensuring easy work and easy release.
>
> Am I right?
>
> I may missed some conversations.
> Please correct me.
We had discussed that possibility at one
Hello, Kyle.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
wrote:
> From here (http://ubuntu-manual.org/jobs), I noticed you are seeking chapter
> authors for these topics:
>
> Installation
> The Ubuntu Desktop
> Working with Ubuntu
> Hardware
> Advanced Topics
> Troubleshooting
>
> Is that the
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
wrote:
> My question was: what is the total list of topics?
We haven't created a comprehensive list yet. It'll be similar to
what's in the table of contents for the existing manual plus
additional material to cover Unity (and replacing F-Spot with
S
Hello, Chris.
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Isabell Long wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 18 Apr 2011, at 06:53, Chris Woollard wrote:
>
>> Just out of interest, Did anybody take minutes of the last meeting?
>
> I'm not sure. Aren’t there logs anywhere either? If it turns out that
> nobody did take min
DF, we should go from, say, Docbook
to XeLaTeX to PDF and Docbook to HTML. (Or some other source format
in place of Docbook.)
I'm certainly open to ideas or suggestions. If anyone would like to
join the investigation, I'll be glad for the help.
--Kevin Godby
Hello, Barry.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Barry Drake wrote:
> I've got it and tried it. It generates good html. When converting from
> html to mobi, Calibre sometimes gets images in the wrong place. If it's
> posssible for me to get the LaTex source for the manual from somewhere,
> I can
Hello, Hannie.
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Hannie wrote:
> I hope the link to http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/UMP-April-Meeting2 is correct.
> It is called April-Meeting2 and the header says
> Ubuntu manual team- 2nd April Meeting
> Sunday May 1 20:00 GMT
It's the correct link. We named the pad
(editor in chief)
* Hannie
* IlyaHaykinson
* CrustyBarnacle
* JasonO
* Teotw
Kevin Godby called the meeting to order at 20:08 UTC.
Screenshot resolution update
Currently the screenshots are taken at a resolution of 1024×768. This
generates screenshots that can take up a lot of space on the
Hello, John.
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:40 AM, c7p wrote:
> I think the pdf that you generated with the narrowest images is more
> aesthetically pleasing, if it looks alright on paper too, i propose the
> narrowest images, i have some reservation. There are some screenshots that
> seem to be smalle
those screenshots and
also ensure that Quickshot has been configured for them (so that the
translated editions will also include those screenshots). If we're
not including them, let me know and I'll remove the code from the .tex
files.
Thanks
haven't introduced syntax errors into the
code.
If anyone has any questions or runs into any problems, please feel
free to email the list, myself, our editor in chief Rick, or ask for
help in the IRC channel (#ubuntu-manual on Freenode).
Thanks for all your hard work!
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manual.org/buy/gswu1004e2/lt>.
Congratulations and many thanks to Paulius Sladkevičius (komsas),
Vytautas Bačiulis (Infosoft), and the rest of the Lithuanian
translation team for all their hard work!
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Hello, Sayantan.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Sayantan Das wrote:
> Just came across an error on the website ubuntu-manual.org. I am not sure if
> this has been reported earlier.Please check the attached screenshot
I just glanced at the code for that page and it's pulling variables
from th
It appears to be working okay for me.
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On Jul 22, 2011 6:37 AM, "c7p" wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> i tried today to access our projects website, ubuntu-manual.org, although
> i'm still connecting... I searched for "ubuntu-manual.org" on google but
the
> results don't contain our site.
> So if
Hey, John.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:18 AM, c7p wrote:
> i tried today to access our projects website, ubuntu-manual.org, although
> i'm still connecting... I searched for "ubuntu-manual.org" on google but the
> results don't contain our site.
> So if that doesn't happen only to me the website is
Hey, Bryan.
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Bryan Behrenshausen
wrote:
> I spent this morning watching (and drooling over) unboxing/review
> videos of the new Commodore 64
> (http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx), and believe I caught a
> glimpse of our manual in use!
>
> The new Commodore
e
manual and we will certainly forward any feedback. I will also let you
know if we plan to do any additional print runs, etc. and we would
certainly welcome your input at that time.
Thanks for your email and please stay in touch,
Yours,
Harry S. Hawk
> From: Kevin Godby
> Date: July 31
If someone would like to register ubuntu-manual.com,
ubuntu-manual.net, ubuntumanual.com, and ubuntumanual.net, they're
welcome to. If you do register one of those domain names and want it
to point to the ubuntu-manual.org site, let me know and I can set it
up on my end.
A WHOIS lookup on ubuntum
Hey, Mario.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Mario Burgos wrote:
> Shouldn't it be:
> lp:ubuntu-manual/oneiric ?
> Currently it is just lp:ubuntu-manual
The oneiric branch should respond to both URLs, I think. It responds
to the second because it's now the current development branch.
--Kevin
Hello, Jonas.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Jonas Endersch
wrote:
> are we going to translate the Natty edition at all?
Nope. We're going to skip the Natty edition altogether.
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Hey, Ben.
On Sep 20, 2011 1:31 AM, "Benjamin Donald-Wilson" <
benjamin.donald.wilso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Just checking the ubuntu-manual bugs in LP should the bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/+bug/630554 be cloased as we are
skipping natty or are you going to just ch
Hello, Patrick.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote:
> When I try to update my ubuntu-manual project (using Ground Control), I
> get the 10.10 version of the pdf. I deleted the project folder and
> tried re-joining it, but all I see are the "Lucid, Maverick, and Natty"
> branch
ve uploaded
a new draft of the PDF. Your edits will still be processed.
One final note: Please use the ubuntu-manual.org URL above instead of
the direct crocodoc.com link. This allows us to redirect you to the
latest draft PDF on crocodoc.com.
Thanks for
Hey, Hannie.
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:44 AM, lafeber-dumoleyn2
wrote:
> I have made a few changes (latex code) in "viewing-and-editing-photos.tex",
> and added all the necessary codes to "microblogging.tex", which is based on
> microblogging: http://ubuntuone.com/77vsd3gpQLvXjGhUDHB5vH.
>
> I en
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:53 AM, lafeber-dumoleyn2
wrote:
> I wonder if we should add the code \application{} every time we come upon
> the name of an application. I understand that by adding the code the page
> number will be added to the name in the index. But we do not want the index
> to be cr
Hello, Mario.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 4:10 PM, wrote:
> Totally agree.
> \application should only format (if anything), and we should use \index for
> terms to be indexed.
>
> I've got my copy of "Indexing: A Nuts-ans-Bolts Guide for Technical Writers"
> in my hands.
Awesome. Would you like
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 4:20 PM, wrote:
> Totally. I'll start reading over the manual and taking notes on terms to add
> to the index and glossary. Then, I can work through adding \index tags.
Excellent! I hereby appoint you as our indexer.
When you're ready to start adding code to the documen
Also please check to ensure that we've spelled your name correctly.
If you'd like your name to appear in a non-Latin script, that's okay,
too. Just shoot me an email and we'll work it out.
Thanks!
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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:33 PM, c7p wrote:
> [1] http://crocodoc.com/6ylBHbR
> [2] http://ubuntu-manual.org/proofread/gswu1110/en
Please only share the second link. That way we can keep people
pointed at the latest draft.
Thanks!
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Hello, Hannie.
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn
wrote:
> In my ubuntu-manual.pdf (made from last revision, #134), in
> Software-management, section Managing the official repositories, the
> marginnote beginning with "Closed-source packages" is in red because it is
> wrongly linked
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 6:04 PM, c7p wrote:
> Btw, when i fix something i always reply to the comment (at least from draft
> 7 and forth), this can save us from double-work ;)
That's a good idea. I've been doing that, too.
--Kevin
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On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Mario H. Burgos wrote:
> Any ideas around troubleshooting the screenshot issues?
> I've also played around with retaking a screen capture only to have it
> appear super tiny in the PDF.
>
> Anyone?
If the screenshots in the bzr repository have been updated so that
Hello, Daniel.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> the \window-command {``#1''} does not use the proper quotation marks for
> the german version (lucid-e2). How to fix it, without changing the
> command? Does anybody know this?
Open the um-german.clo file in a text editor and
Does this bug refer only to errors in the lucid-e1 edition? With the
lucid-e1 translation, I believe some post-processing was done that
mistakenly converted ß to /ss. The same find-replace operation may have
screwed up the capitalization of the umlauts.
If you have Ä, Ö, Ü, etc. in the translati
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> Thank you. I modified it into \renewcommand{\window}[1]{»#1«} which
> worked for me. I've got another problem: the following link
> \href{http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Shell/Befehlsübersicht#Benutzerverwaltung}
> does not work. LaTeX compiles it
On Feb 21, 2012 8:21 AM, "Daniel Schury" <
daniel.sch...@physik.uni-giessen.de> wrote:
> would it be possible, that somebody with a system with up to date
> TexLive-installation could build the german manual from trunk? If it
> builds correct, it seems to be a problem with my installation. This
> w
Hello, Daniel.
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Daniel Schury wrote:
> I've run over a new problem: There is the text \userinput{--help}. The
> problem ist LaTeX interpretating the -- as a command and replacing it
> with ?, which is wrong in this context. I could not convince LaTeX not
> to do so,
rrent edition, you can find more
information at <http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved>.
Kevin Godby
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