[Ubuntu-manual] Meeting minutes of March 31, 2012

ing adjourned The meeting was adjourned at 21:27 UTC. --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

[Ubuntu-manual] Updates for everyone!

hors for Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04. You can view the list of openings at our website: <http://ubuntu-manual.org/jobs>. If you're interested in taking on one of the chapters or sections listed, please email us. Also, if you have any questions or encounter any problems translat

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Would like to help with the Ubuntu Manual for 12.04

Hello, Anthony. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:58 PM, anthonyvenable wrote: > Hello all, I have been requested for more info for how I can be one of > the authors of a chapter in this 12.04 manual.  I feel as though I am > being ignored, and that's not cool at all. I would like to be author of > the c

[Ubuntu-manual] Meeting Minutes - 21 April 2012

e 12.10 edition. Kevin will contact the Quickshot developers to see if they are interested in reviving the project. If the original developers are unavailable, we will seek new developers to work on the project. The meeting was adjourned at 21:23 UTC. --Kevin Godby

[Ubuntu-manual] Proposed schedule for Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04

nyone has any comments, questions, or objections to this schedule, please let us know. If there are no objections within the next few days, I'll establish the milestones on Launchpad. Thanks! --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.n

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] u-manual at UDS

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > Luckily I found a copy of my notes on my pc. I added them to the new pad: > http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-q/meeting/20570/desktop-q-ubuntu-manual/ Thanks, Hannie. I've added a couple more notes to the pad. I'm not sure yet if I'll be able

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] UDS meeting Manual Precise

Hello, Patrick. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > Was anyone from the Ubuntu Documentation team in the summit meeting? Unless they were watching in the IRC channel, I'm not aware of any docs team members who attended. > My three questions were aimed at the Documentation te

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Tex Live Installation

Hello, Tony. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Tony Pursell wrote: > I have got to para 7 of the instructions and ran > > ./install-pkgs.sh > > and got an error.  In the log file it says > > sudo: tlmgr: command not found > Error installing TeX packages. See install-pkgs.log for details. > > AFAI

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Author status report

Hey, Patrick. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: *snip* > Also (at least on > my "making" of the manual), I'm missing some screenshots (although I > think they're actually in the manual). I removed all the screenshots from the previous editions to force everyone to take new s

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Author status report

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > That sounds fine. I have one issue though. One of the screenshots was of > the directory-structure, and I'm not sure how they created it. So it may > need to be placed back in.  Here is the error (so you can see the > screenshot) The file sc

[Ubuntu-manual] Meeting minutes - 19 May 2012

s are in charge of ensuring consistency of voice and style. They also handle a lot of copy-editing. If you're interested in being an editor, please email the mailing list at . == Any other business == No other business was brought forward. == Adjourned == The meeting was adjourned at 20:46 U

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Re: Authors/editors chapter 2

Hello, Jim. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > I just finished some sizable edits to the Desktop chapter--starting at The > Dash and going all the way down to just before the Nautilus section. > > I'll do my best to complete the grammatical edits from the Nautilus section > to

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Re: Authors/editors chapter 2

Hello, Jim. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:38 PM, wrote: > With regards to 11.10 vs 12.04, we then have an 11.10 reference in the > desktop section (that's the only reason I thought of mentioning it in my > email after my commit...because I saw it in the manual, but realized I was > running 12.04. I

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Two questions: One about using Ground Control and one about Quickshot

Hello, Patrick. On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > I've got two questions (or more, depending on the answers). The first > one is how do we get groundcontrol working on Ubuntu 12.04 (for those > not aware, groundcontrol is a GUI implementation of the bzr system). I > get the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 'make' in endless loop

Hello, everyone. To Jim: I didn't see anything in your logs that indicated a show-stopping error. The logs that you and Hannie posted are typical. On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > Glad you got it sorted out. I was thinking that mine took about 20 > minutes or so (just doi

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 'make' in endless loop

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > Well, I am on an e-machines. So right there it's as if I'm running a > computer from 2012 BC.  My results this time were 2m20.038s (real), > 1m17.877s (user), 0m3.340s (system) just doing make clean; time make. > The results were similar for

[Ubuntu-manual] First draft deadline - 31 May

me, please email the list and we'll try to help. --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://hel

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] texlive PPA

Hello, Jeremy. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > Hi, texlive 2012 pre-release is now available for Debian wheezy and > Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha "Quantal Quetzal". I have backported texlive from > quantal to a PPA for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users. Excellent work! > I don't want to upset

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Microblogging

Hello, Andrew and Senthil. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Andrew Montag wrote: > I am not familiar with the intricacies of LaTeX and the screenshot macro, > but that is how it does it bu default. The person editing the LaTeX markups > may be able to help. > > @kevin, is there any way to better

[Ubuntu-manual] First draft deadline today

s, or don't think that you'll be able to complete your assigned sections on time, please email the list and we'll try to help. Thanks to all of you for your hard work! —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Rev. 84 - Errors

Hello, Mario. On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Mario H. Burgos wrote: > Lots of errors and bad PDF with latest push (Rev 84?). > Broken template? This should be repaired now. Sorry for the delay. Thorsten and I were cleaning up the title pages and I hadn't gotten around to fixing the manual's te

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Logo Update

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > All occurrences of the logo: > - on top of http://ubuntu-manual.org/ > - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual > - Backside of the Lulu cover (I will take care of this one) > - perhaps other places I'm not aware of I've updated the Ubuntu Ma

[Ubuntu-manual] Meeting minutes – 9 June 2012

Minutes of the General Meeting of the Ubuntu Manual Team 9 June 2012 #ubuntu-manual on irc.freenode.net Meeting log: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/06/09/%23ubuntu-manual.html#t18:04 Kevin (godbyk) called the meeting to order at 18:04 UTC. == Attendance == In attendance were: * ajmontag * c7p *

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Branching error?

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > Hey there...any bzr experts among us?  I'm getting an error.  When I try: > >> bzr pull lp:ubuntu-manual > > > ...this is what I'm getting: > >> bzr: ERROR: These branches have diverged. Use the missing command to see >> how. >> Use the merge c

[Ubuntu-manual] Website updates

Hello, everyone. I spent some time this afternoon fixing a bunch of little bugs on our website – primarily dealing with translated editions of the manual. It anyone notices anything that appears broken on the site, please let me know. Thanks! --Kevin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Ubuntu Manual] Screenshots of the manual

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 4:43 AM, Paddy Landau wrote: > Those instructions would do well to be on the Wiki and in the Style-Guide > PDF. Done! You can download the latest style guide from . --Kevin ___ M

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Ubuntu Manual] Screenshots of the manual

Hey, Chris. On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Chris Woollard wrote: > There is quite a lot of white space (blank pages) in the style guide ;) Good point. Since the style guide is probably just read on screen instead of printed, I've switched it to 'openany' which allows the chapters to start on

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Ubuntu Manual] Screenshots of the manual

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Chris Woollard wrote: > Also Chapter 3 is blank? > > ;) I haven't written that one yet. :-) --Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe :

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] click-and-hold

Hello. The GNOME Documentation Style Guide mentions both terms. “Click-and-hold” means to press and hold the left mouse button on an item. Example: “Click-and-hold the left mouse button to initiate

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] click-and-hold

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > imho, to make a menu appear you just click (not hold). > If drag means "To click a mouse button on an object, hold the mouse button, > and move the mouse to move the object", then it is superfluous to use it in > combination with "click-and

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] click-and-hold

Hello, Paddy. On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Paddy Landau wrote: > An example of click-and-hold, then, would be the spray paint in GIMP. Exactly. > The term "drag" has been in use at least since Windows 3.1 (probably before > even Windows was invented), which is several computer generations a

[Ubuntu-manual] Editing milestone - 15 June

Hello, everyone. This is a reminder that tomorrow, 15 June, marks the deadline for editing and proofreading. If you don't think you'll be able to complete your editing work by then, please email the list and we'll assign some more volunteers to help cover your sections. During the next week, we

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] quantal manual branch

Hello, Joel. On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Joel Pickett wrote: > Just wondering when it would be wise to open up a branch for the > quantal release. I know it's in its very early stages so far but > having a test bed available might be beneficial to try new things. I'll create the Quantal bra

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual available via software Center

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:56 AM, John wrote: >>    Getting the manual into the Software Centre should be easy enough. >>   All you need to do is sign up on the Ubuntu App Dev site >> (http://developer.ubuntu.com/). >>  From there you fill in the info and give it your PDF. Easy as that. :) Sounds

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] quantal manual branch

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > If you're eager, and you aren't making any changes to the current manual > (either as an editor or an author), you can always "tweak" your .tex > files and make the manual again to see how it looks. Just make sure you > don't commit and push

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual available via software Center

Hello, Daniel. On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Daniel Schury wrote: > Will the translated versions be published the same way? Sure! If it works well for the English edition, then I see no reason not to publish the translated editions the same way. In my view, the translated editions are first-

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual available via software Center

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > I agree with Daniel. Since there are still people using 10.04 through > 11.10, I'd publish whatever we have for those manuals (IIRC we didn't > publish either 11.04 or 11.10). Do you know if our submission would appear in the 10.04 package

[Ubuntu-manual] Indexing the manual

Hello, everyone. I've added a chapter to the style guide on indexing the manual. The new chapter briefly discusses what should and shouldn't be index and also introduces the LaTeX \index command. It's just a first draft and I expect I'll be adding more content to that chapter as we start indexin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Indexing the manual

Hello, everyone. We still have a couple chapters that need to be indexed. If anyone's feeling up to the task, email me and I'll help get you started. Thanks! --Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@l

[Ubuntu-manual] Public draft delayed (slightly)

day. I'll post another message when the public draft is online and ready for review. Thanks for your patience! --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : h

[Ubuntu-manual] Public draft available

draft on June 27. The manual will be published on our website at <http://ubuntu-manual.org> and available in print via <http://lulu.com> on June 30. Thanks for your help! --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manu

[Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04 is now available!

e information at <http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved>. —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

[Ubuntu-manual] Software Center

Hello, everyone. I've submitted Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04 to the Software Center. Our application is currently under review. I'll keep you posted on the application process and let you know when the manual is available in the software center. --Kevin _

[Ubuntu-manual] Next steps

to everyone for helping out with Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04. I hope you'll join us in making Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.10 even better than previous editions! —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Pos

[Ubuntu-manual] Reflection and review

ld do to improve the process for 12.10? --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Gummi and LaTeX

Hello, Paddy. On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Paddy Landau wrote: > As you know, I am trying to be a champion for Gummi, because it gives > near-instant results on the screen, allowing an editor to instantly see what > has worked and what has not. But also, as you know, I have struggled to find >

[Ubuntu-manual] Translating \index commands

Hello. I recently saw an email from someone asking about how to translate the \index commands. Unfortunately, I can't find it now to reply to it directly. I've updated the style guide (available at with notes on translating the \index macros. If a

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] description minimize

Hello, Hannie. On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > To all, > > Translating the glossary, I found the following description: > > \newglossaryentry{minimize}{name={minimize}, description={When you minimize > an open application, the window will no longer be shown. If you click

[Ubuntu-manual] Starting the Quantal cycle + meeting

you might keep that in mind. Having said that, you're welcome to come and go as you have time. (So if you can't make it for the entire meeting, that's okay.) Be sure to bring your lists of questions, comments, concerns, criticisms, etc. to the meeting! Thanks! --Kevin Godby

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Incorrect pictures on the web page

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > I agree to that. And it would be nice if the language on this pictures > would be the same as the choosen language of the website. > > Is the code of the website itself also hosted at launchpad? If not, > where can it be found? The code is

[Ubuntu-manual] Meeting this weekend

Hello, everyone. Just a quick remind that we'll be having a meeting this weekend to discuss how things went during the previous cycle, how we can improve them for the upcoming cycle, and to start organizing things for this next cycle. Please visit our Doodle poll and let us know what times work b

[Ubuntu-manual] Software Center update

complete. Your application has been published and is now available in Ubuntu Software Center. I'll keep you updated on further progress. --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpa

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Meeting and agenda

The meeting time will be Saturday, July 14, 2012 19:00 UTC. I hope to see everyone there! --Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Incorrect pictures on the web page

Hello, Paddy. On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Paddy Landau wrote: *snip* > I strongly suggest you experiment with WordPress. I am happy to help > with this; and, if you need one, I'll even provide a test domain where > it can be set up, tested and finalised before moving it to the live area. Th

[Ubuntu-manual] Meeting reminder

Hello, everyone. Our meeting will start in about 15 minutes. We'll be in #ubuntu-manual on irc.freenode.net. The meeting agenda is available at <http://www.doodle.com/25zq7gzdyn8uqs6q>. Hope to see you there! --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Starting the Quantal cycle + meeting

Hello, Carsten. On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > I get the error message that the branches have diverged. I think this > is because of the switch to quantal. How do I say my bzr, that my > ubuntu-manual branch is now the precice branch? > > Sure, I could delete my ubuntu-

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Places or Go?

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:10 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > In the precise version I found: >> To access \menu{Places}, move your mouse over the top bar and select >> \menu{Places}. It's kind of a silly sentence to begin with. "To access File, move your mouse over the top bar and select File." By t

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Software Center update

Hello, everyone. Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04 is now available in the Ubuntu Software Center. --Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubunt

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Software Center update

Hey, Carsten. On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > It's great to see our manual there, direct in the "What is new" section. > > But it's not so good, that you have to "buy" it (for 0 $), because you > need a Ubuntu Single Sign On Account for that. Is there a way to put > it i

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Software Center update

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > I'm a firm believer in the simplest solution is best. In this case, I > think the simplest solution would be to put something in the > decsription, or maybe create a shortcut link (or menu link) for it. It is automatically added to the menu

[Ubuntu-manual] Proposed release schedules

eased at the end of this phase Thanks for your comments! —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help :

[Ubuntu-manual] Meeting minutes - 14 July 2012

Minutes of the General Meeting of the Ubuntu Manual Team 14 July 2012 #ubuntu-manual on irc.freenode.net Meeting log: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/07/14/%23ubuntu-manual.html#t19:10 Kevin Godby (godbyk) called the meeting to order at 19:10 UTC. == Attendance == In attendance were: * ajmontag

[Ubuntu-manual] Soliciting reader feedback

mple reader survey and post the link to the Ubuntu Forums and other places to collect some more targeted feedback. Before doing that, however, we'll need to come up with some questions that we'd like to ask our readers. So, without further ado, what would you like to ask our re

[Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04 - Second edition

dates necessary to account for any changes in Ubuntu 12.04.1. Thanks! --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help :

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Proposed release schedules

Hello, Jim. On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > Sorry to ask a dumb question, but has there been any actionable edits or > changes made from 'public feedback'? Did we get any feedback from 12.04? > Getting any user/reader feedback is a good thing, but I also think our > efforts

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

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

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Compilation of translations

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,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Stepping Down

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

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] New website

Hello, Patrick. On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > I agree with Paddy, that WordPress (or another CMS system like Drupal) > would be the best way to go. With WordPress at least, you can > > 1. Configure logins and permissions for the editors and other admin. > 2. Change th

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] top bar, menu bar, panel or top panel

elements that I've missed, please let me know and I'll try to get the official names for them. To the Ubuntu Manual team: I'll update our style guide to reflect these spellings. To the Ubuntu docs team: Do you disagree with any of the above spellings or terms? Thanks!

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 1st pass thru desktop chapter edits on precise e2

Hello, Jim. I'll respond to the first part of your email: On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > What command do I use to push these changes to the e2 branch without > interfering with the main, 12.10 branch. Run 'bzr info' and insure that the push and pull URLs are pointing at t

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] User name in screenshots

Since we're already translating the text and retaking the screenshots (as they'll have other translated text in them), does it make a difference whether the full user name requires translation or not? At one point, Ben Humphrey and I had put together a profile of a user to be used throughout the m

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] branch lock of quantal

Hey, Carsten. I ran bzr break-lock and released the lock. You should be able to pull and push now. The locks happen if someone is uploading files to bzr at the exact same time as you or (as in this case), someone's bzr (mine!) died in the midst of uploading files and still held the lock open (the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] branch lock of quantal

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > This means, you tried to push something to the repository, but it > didn't finish? So you should try it again, or? Since it happened so long ago, I can only guess as to what occurred. But my guess is that I ran 'bzr push' and it uploaded m

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] branch lock of quantal

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > This means, you tried to push something to the repository, but it > didn't finish? So you should try it again, or? In this particular case, all of my commits have been pushed to the repository. --Kevin ___

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Preparing for 12.10 series

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:35 PM, c7p wrote: > 1) > it's time to re-organize our author team as the authoring period has started > according to the proposed schedule [1]. > A safe date to start writing content is 23-30 of August, when there is > FeatureFreeze and UserInterface Freeze [2] > Now you c

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] User name in screenshots

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Paddy Landau wrote: > Slightly OT: In English, John Doe is used as a place-name for someone whose > name you do not know, typically a body in a morgue awaiting identification. > It's not appropriate for screen-shots. In the US, John (or Jane) Doe used in legal pro

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Formatting on page 57

Hey, Paddy. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Paddy Landau wrote: > I have noticed odd formatting at the beginning of page 57 on the left side > of the manual. This has already been fixed in the second edition branch. Thanks! --Kevin ___ Mailing list

[Ubuntu-manual] Deadline reminder (12.04e2)

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Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Ubuntu-Manual] Guidelines for authors

Hey, Carsten. On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > Until now I use Tex Live 2011. But since July, 8th, there is TeX Live > 2012 available [1]. Should we switch to it? Or is 2011 ok for us? Did > already someone tested the new version? I've installed TeX Live 2012 from upstr

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Deadline reminder (12.04e2)

Hello, Carsten. On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > I found one point which I would discuss here. There are some > screenshots included, which have no blank line before and after the > screenshot command. For example figure 2.5, 02-dash-home.png or figure > 2.13 02-HUD-messa

[Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04 - Second Edition is now available!

thors and editors. If you'd like to join the team and help produce the next version of the manual, you can find more information at <http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved>. --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Contribution to improve the manual

Hello, Tino. On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Tino Schieber wrote: > Now, my problem is, that I actually just have installed TeX Live 2009 > out of the repositories. I’m using Linux Mint 11 (Katya). Is it > necessary to install TeX Live 2011 manually or are there other ways? There are currently

[Ubuntu-manual] Review of Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04

Hello, everyone. Robin Catling (of Full Circle) has written a nice review of our manual: I recommend reading it and thinking about what we can/should do to improve our manual based on this feedback. If a

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Translation for the precise-e2 release

Hello. On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > yesterday was the precise-e2 version released. But on Launchpad I see > in the translation section still the sentence "Launchpad currently > recommends translating Ubuntu Manual precise series.". In my opinion > we should switch the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Translation for the precise-e2 release

Hello. On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 5:50 AM, c7p wrote: > The issue is that there are many translated strings that are deleted in > precise-e2. > > I checked the Greek translation yesterday and the loss was about 100 > strings, not huge deal but it is very tiring for the translators. > The translation

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Translation for the precise-e2 release

Hello. On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: *snip* > Well, nobody knows, but maybe we find again bugs in the e2 release > which lead to a e3 release you would first finish the e2 and then make > the e3? And honestly, I expect that we find find again bugs which we > should fix,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Problem installing additional Latex packages

Hello, Tejas. On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Tejas Kale wrote: > Thanks for the help. The default locations were indeed provided in > square brackets but I didn't realize that they were the ones I was > looking for. Anyways, I installed TexLive successfully as well as the > required packages. B

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Fwd: Re: [tex-live] Question about Symlinks and the install-tl script (linux/unix)]

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > For Kevin: I'll update the test site with a warning triangle and box > around the symlink portion. That way if it goes live before the > install-pkgs.sh script is updated, people will see it. How's this look on the current site? http://

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Typo in precise-e2 manual

Hello, Andrej. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:10 AM, Andrej Znidarsic wrote: > I've noticed this string in precise e-2 manual: > > \\screenshot{06-root-directories.pdf}{ss:root-directories}{Some of the most > important directories in the root file system.} > > Shouln't there be a .png in the first bra

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Is it ok to include local help sources

el free to substitute Slovenian web pages in their place. You don't need to mention the English ones at all if they're not helpful to your readers. Thanks for all of the hard work that you and your team have done! --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Remove TexLive to do clean install - Error

ced when you install TL 2012. Let me know if you encounter any problems. Thanks! --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubunt

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Searching for the word Glossary.

Hello, Carsten. On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > You find in backmatter/glossary.tex the command > > - > \printglossaries% [...] > - > > Change this to > > -

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Searching for the word Glossary.

h a list of other short strings that I'll need you to translate that don't appear in Launchpad. Thanks! --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubsc

[Ubuntu-manual] First draft due today

very little activity in submitting code to the bzr repository. To date, there have been only 34 commits by the following people: Andrew Montag Carsten Gerlach Hannie Lafeber-Dumoleyn Herat Gandhi Kevin Godby Mike Romard Vibhav Pant If you're an author for the 12.

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Authoring and Screenshots

For any screenshots that have the Launcher in them, we'll need to retake after they've finished updating the Launcher icons. (They're adding a couple new ones.) (Quite a few UI freeze exceptions have been cropping up this week, but I haven't had time to review all of them yet.) --Kevin _

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Spanish translation of the Ubuntu Manual finished

Hey, Carsten. On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > in the last days the translation of the Spanish version of the Ubuntu > Manual was finished. Congratulations to the Spanish team! That's great to hear! > Yesterday I exported the po file from Launchpad and tried to build t

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Spanish translation of the Ubuntu Manual finished

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > Only for my understanding: Why is the dimension of the title page > depending on the page number? I thought it is always A4 paper format? It's actually the wrap-around cover's dimensions that vary slightly. The title pages stay the same si

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Updates to Advanced Topics completed

Hey, John. On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > One thing I do notice is that after my edits chapter 6 subsections are > listed, but I seemed to have lost chapter six section in the TOC, and > chapter 6 is no longer a "chapter". Can someone look into this to see what > happened

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