Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Glossary issue

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 5:03 AM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > Is there a downside to (1) ? Are the resulting PDFs uglier or in any > sense "worse" than the ones made without the workaround? Well, the workaround isn't equivalent to the bug fix. I haven't explored the issue thoroughly, so I'm not su

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Glossary issue

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > Is it worth our emailing the package maintainers and letting them know > of our preference for using their work and our needs, so they are > "encouraged" to roll out a new package set that would help us? We could always give it a shot, I

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Bazaar under Windows 8

Hello, Mehmet. On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Mehmet Kani wrote: > Received below error code when pushing the project. > > bzr: ERROR: Cannot lock > LockDir(http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual/ubuntu-manual/trunk/.bzr/branch/lock): > Transport operation not possible: http does not suppor

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Packaging new software

Hello, Jonathan. On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > Is there some reason we can't do something like > > cd ~/Projects/ubuntu-manual-saucy > make > make package > > and have a script create the relevant packages for all currently > supported languages of the Ubuntu Ma

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Packaging new software

Hello, Patrick. On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 6:17 AM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > Wouldn't the additional languages just fall under localized versions of > the overall package? What I mean is, would we have to create a separate > Software Center package for each language, or would the Software Center > aut

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Packaging new software

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > Perhaps we are talking about 2 different things here. > 1. the English pdf + translated pdf files that can be downloaded from our > website separately > 2. the pdf files (English + completed translations) added to the USC > In the second sit

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 2 x errors when setting up for saucy project

Hello, Mehmet. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Mehmet Kani wrote: > I also got the below when trying to obtain the saucy project > > mkani@zombie ~ $ bzr branch lp:ubuntu-manaul/saucy ubuntu-manual-saucy > The authenticity of host 'bazaar.launchpad.net (91.189.95.84)' can't be > established. > R

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Google Docs

Hey, Thomas. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Thomas Corwin wrote: > I really do hate to bother you all about this, but could someone please send > me the Google Doc link for the author/editor list? Try this link: —Kevin ___ M

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Google Docs

Hello, David. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:28 AM, David Manuel Pires wrote: > I'm assuming that we're free to correct it, right? You can add your name to any chapters or sections you'd like to take responsibility for, but please email the list letting us know. Then I can update the .tex files to m

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Google Docs

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Thomas Corwin wrote: > I think it would be a good idea if everyone checked over the Google Doc > workbook [1] to make sure that you are listed under the correct > section/chapter. I looked at it this morning and noticed that the > chapter/section order has chan

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Google Docs

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Thomas Corwin wrote: > I just noticed that the Advanced Topics section moved and my email was in the > wrong place. That's why I sent this to the list. Ah, okay. We probably moved your name but forgot the swap the email addresses. Sorry about that! —Kevin _

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Google Docs

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:36 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > @Kevin, my bad that I did not ask you if we need to adjust the .tex > files as well. I just split up the chapters that we were assigning on a per-section basis to help avoid merge conflicts and the like. —Kevin __

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: (Ubuntu-Manual) Advanced Topic Chapter

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > How much work would it be to add a couple of pages at the end of the > book, with all of the common shortcuts, and maybe link them back to the > respective sections in the book (if there are sections on that topic)? What shortcuts would you

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Advanced Topic Chapter

> David wrote: > Well, as a unique solution came out from the discussion, I went ahead and > added it as a margin note. > > But I need your help on something. Before pushing the alterations I've made > to the branch, I am trying to make the pdf but I'm getting this error: > > !!

[Ubuntu-manual] New translations have been published

ence with me! If the translations editors would like to write a quick blurb about the availability of the new manual in their respective languages, I'd be happy to publish those notices on our Facebook page. Also, feel free to alert anyone else who might be interested in these t

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] New translations have been published

Hello, everyone. The German manual is now available online and in print via . Thanks! —Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launch

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] New translations have been published

Hi, Carsten. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: >> If the translations editors would like to write a quick blurb >> about the availability of the new manual in their respective >> languages, I'd be happy to publish those notices on our Facebook >> page. > > Sure, I copy my sho

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] New translations have been published

Hi, Sylvie. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Sylvie Gallet wrote: > Bonjour à tous, > > La version française de ce manuel pour Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (13:04), > intitulée « Premiers pas avec Ubuntu 13.04 » est maintenant disponible > en téléchargement sur le site d'Ubuntu Manual > (http://ubuntu-m

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] "status" tag

Hi, Jim. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > How are we wanting/needing to use the "status" tag in the sections of the > manual? Is there a quick cheat-sheet available? I see this as a very useful > tool during the development process, and I'd like to know how to use this > tag

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Wich version of Texlive to install?

Hi, Sylvie. On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Sylvie Gallet wrote: > Due to a serious conflict between a freshly installed HP printer driver and > Samba, I had to re-install my Ubuntu 12.04 and now I need to re-install > Texlive. I tried the link provided on this page > http://ubuntu-manual.org/g

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Wich version of Texlive to install?

I found a mirror that's up. You can download the tarball from . Then continue with step 3. —Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-m

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] No version number

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > To all authors and editors, > I would suggest NOT to add the version number if it is not absolutely > necessary. An example: > The Ubuntu 13.10 Launcher on the left with a sample of applications on it. > I would prefer this: > The Ubuntu La

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual Website

Hi, Thomas. To clarify, the content of the site is under the CC license that Ricky mentioned. The PHP code behind the site is licensed as AGPL as Patrick discovered. If you're copying the content (text/layout), then you'll use the CC license. —Kevin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Minutes from August 24th meeting

Hi, Thomas. On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Thomas Corwin wrote: > I CCed Jim, Hannie, and Kevin. > > I said I didn't want to be an author for the entire Advanced Topics chapter. > I just wanted to author the Wine information in that chapter. > > I am making my own manual (wineonubuntu.cu.cc) c

[Ubuntu-manual] Status of Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10

Hello, everyone. During the meeting I promised to post the status of each of the chapters/sections of the manual. Here's a link to the results: Status of Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvxIAA-IR_49dE1JWGp0bEVRcFhfN3p6LW9fbkFDM1E&usp=sharing All of

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Status of Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10

Hi, Carsten. On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > I have only some thoughts about it. It looks like that you wrote down > all the captions from chapter to subsubsection. Is it the intention of > the new \status command to put it down to every subsubsection? I > thought to hav

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] error after command 'make'

Hello, Hannie. I've corrected the problem in the bzr repository. The hardware/keyboardandmouse.tex file had a \marginscreenshot with a missing label. That is, they had \marginscreenshot{04-KeyboardPanelSettings.png}{Keyboard \gls{applet} menu.} instead of \marginscreenshot{04-KeyboardPanelSettin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Website Bug

Hi, Thomas. On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Thomas Corwin wrote: > I just thought I would let you know that the Social Icon for "Ubuntu Manual > Planet", is broken. The link does not exist (planet.ubuntu-manual.org) Thanks for reporting this. I just removed this link. —Kevin ___

[Ubuntu-manual] Upgraded PHP for ubuntu-manual.org

Hello, everyone. I upgraded the ubuntu-manual.org website to use PHP 5.3.0. This involved modifying a few lines of code to replace deprecated code. If you notice any error messages or other problems with the site, please let me know about them and I'll get them fixed. Thanks! —Kevin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 14,04

On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > at present we have separate teams all trying to achieve the same thing. None > of the teams have enough people... Is it really too scary for us to all pool > what meagre resources we have in what is called 'man hours' to instead run a > manu

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Merge] lp:~popey/ubuntu-manual/fix-bug-1235206 into lp:ubuntu-manual

Thanks, Alan! -- https://code.launchpad.net/~popey/ubuntu-manual/fix-bug-1235206/+merge/189274 Your team Ubuntu Manual Team is subscribed to branch lp:ubuntu-manual. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@list

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Merge] lp:~popey/ubuntu-manual/fix-bug-1235206 into lp:ubuntu-manual

Review: Approve -- https://code.launchpad.net/~popey/ubuntu-manual/fix-bug-1235206/+merge/189274 Your team Ubuntu Manual Team is subscribed to branch lp:ubuntu-manual. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshots

Hi, Sylvie. On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Sylvie Gallet wrote: > All the en_US screenshots are done. Let me know if there are any > problems. You're amazing! Thanks for all your hard work! I've uploaded a PDF with all your screenshots. It's available for proofreading at

[Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 has been released

tion 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] Trusty series created

Hello, everyone. I just created a 'trusty' series and bzr branch for Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04. Any bugs that we find in the current 13.10 version of the manual can be fixed in the trusty repository so it'll be ready for 14.04. Thanks

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Good-bye and farewell from Enrico

Hi, Enrico. On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 2:26 AM, Enrico Rosina wrote: > I just received an e-mail saying that my "membership in ubuntu-manual is > about to expire". Though I kept receiving and reading most of the mail > on the list, you may have seen that I'm not active any more on the > Manual. Ther

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fixed broken compilations of translations

Hi, Jose. On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Jose wrote: > Today I uploaded two revisions (176 and 178) to the saucy branch to fix the > building of the manual in Spanish. It seems to be working for me but I admit > I had to guess what the problems were by comparing with the default > building. > >

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Spanish translation of the Ubuntu manual for Saucy completed

Hi, Jose. On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Jose wrote: > The final review of the Spanish translation is completed, so we consider the > translated manual ready to be delivered. Excellent! I'll generate a draft PDF for your review soon. Thanks! —Kevin __

[Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

nels but at a higher cost or should we try to keep costs as low as possible and provide the manual only through CreateSpace and Amazon? (Note that this doesn't have any impact on the free PDF downloads that we provide. They will always remain free.) Thanks for your thoug

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > I agree with Chris below. Also, if we find that it doesn't increase the > sales (by having more than one distribution channel), I'd find out if > you can go back to just CreateSpace + Amazon for the lower cost. If so, > I'd give it from the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

Hi, Pierre. On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Pierre Slamich wrote: > What are the available additional retailers for the French edition ? Unless > it's compelling, a higher pricing may not make sense for the French edition. It doesn't list actual retailers. It just makes it easier for retailers

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > I don't think we're going to see a surge of downloaders because we widened > our distribution net and raised the price. Not saying it's a bad idea to > broaden our exposure, but Ubuntu IS a free operating system and if I'm > looking for a ma

[Ubuntu-manual] French and Spanish manuals are now available

Hello, everyone. The French and Spanish translations of Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 are now available. You may download PDFs from our website at . The printed editions are also available through our website. The listings on Amazon should appear within the next co

[Ubuntu-manual] Website translations

periodically download the latest translations from Launchpad and upload them to our website. Thanks for your help! —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://l

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Website translations

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Daniel Schury wrote: > Well, the page is not really up-to date. At least I am unable to find > the audio version, released 29.04.2010 ;) Ha! I forgot about that! There are quite a few strings on obsolete pages. I should delete those pages so translators don't was

[Ubuntu-manual] French and Spanish manuals pulled from CreateSpace

n't publish content that is otherwise freely available on the web is undermined by the fact that your guidelines acknowledge that you do publish public domain content: "We do accept public domain content..." In conclusion, I contest your removal of our content and

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] French and Spanish manuals pulled from CreateSpace

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > I never expected this from them. > > Most of the publishers in Chennai, India also have the same fear of printing > creative commons licensed ebooks. > > Though we explain, they think that people won't buy printed books when the > same conten

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] French and Spanish manuals pulled from CreateSpace

Hi, Patrick. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > Out of curiosity, why did we move from lulu.com to CreateSpace? I > remember you telling us about the move (but don't remember the reasons). > I see that Lulu is also affiliated with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and > other booksell

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] French and Spanish manuals pulled from CreateSpace

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > Thanks for informing us about this issue. I do not quite understand why > only the French and Spanish manuals are rejected. How about the English > version? The same rules would apply, I suppose. > Your answer is clear. Let's wait for their

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Website translations

Hi, Sylvie. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Sylvie Gallet wrote: > We just finished the French translation and we're ready for proofreading > :-) I just updated all the website translations, so you should be able to see your new translations on the website at

[Ubuntu-manual] Finding a new printer/publisher

Hello, everyone. I haven't had much luck with CreateSpace lately. They haven't responded to my latest email of a week ago. I'd like your assistance in researching other printers/publishers for our manuals. In the past, we used Lulu.com. It worked quite well, but some of their printers didn't lik

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Finding a new printer/publisher

es they had? I had used Lulu for a previous project (<http://www.lulu.com/shop/eric-drewski-and-kevin-godby-and-trent-grover-and-elena-maximova/shiny-happy-users/paperback/product-1327839.html> if you're interested) and they'd worked well for our needs. So when it came time to find

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Finding a new printer/publisher

Hi, Hannie. On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > Before we start looking for others publishers, I am curious as to how > serious the problems at Lulu were. Are they minor? Can we live with > them? Do they affect the translated versions, or the English version as > well? When

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual PT-BR

r have any questions, please let me know. —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] Ubuntu Manual PT-BR

Hello, Rafael. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Rafael Neri wrote: > Austurian 40% > Brazilian Portuguese 71% > Chinese 60% > English Australian 26% > English UK 60% > Dutch 69% > Italian 13% > Turkish 40% > > Most languages available are below 71%. > The translations are imported only once or sc

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual PT_BR

Hello, Rafael. On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Rafael Neri wrote: > Ubuntu Manual Website is 100% translated to PT_BR. > Now you can provide the language on the site. I've uploaded the Brazilian Portuguese translation to our website. You can view the translated website at

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual PT-BR

Hi, Rafael. On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Rafael Neri wrote: > Error encountered while generating the PDF. > See the attached file. Here are the errors that I've found so far: is missing a closin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual PT-BR

On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Rafael Neri wrote: > Sorry but I forgot to tell: We are translating the Precise-e2 LTS. Ah, okay. I'll check that one for you then. —Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-man

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual PT-BR

Hello, Rafael. Here's the list of strings I modified to fix the compilation errors. Please review the changes I made to ensure I didn't screw up the translations. Thanks!

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Website Translations Updated

Hello, Rafael. On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Rafael Neri wrote: > Website translations for Brazilian Portuguese were updated. Thanks! I've updated all the website translations. —Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to

[Ubuntu-manual] French and Spanish manuals now available again

Hello, everyone. I just received an email from CreateSpace.com: > Hello Kevin, > > After further consideration > > We have decided to re-instate on the books, they will remain live > and for sale, and no further action on your part is required > > We appreciate your patience as we continue to enh

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Checking status on updates/changes

Hello, Mehmet. On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Mehmet Kani wrote: > I am writing to find out how one checks to ensure that any changes made to a > document has been successfully amended. I simply do not want to depend on > Bazaar solely. I do know of a way of checking within launchpad.net and wo

[Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04

The manual is prepared for release * The manual is released at the end of this phase --Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-

[Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual training session

sk in #ubuntu-classroom-chat and write "QUESTION:" before your question so I see it. We'll be discussing the Ubuntu Manual project and how you can join the team and contribute. I look forward to seeing you there! --Kevin Godby ___

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Ubuntu One dropped

On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > > If Ubuntu One is going to be removed from 14.04, should we remove the > complete section on Ubuntu One? If we want to drop the whole section, we can just comment out or remove the line from working-with-ubuntu/working-with-ubuntu.tex whe

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] .pot update

Hi, Sylvie. On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Sylvie Gallet wrote: > The French team just finished translating the new strings and we > started reviewing the translations in the pdf. > > Since the .pot and the .tex file don't always match, some of the > paragraphs are still in English. > > A

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 14.04 Manual Status

Hi, Chris. On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Chris Woollard wrote: > What is the current status of the manual and when are we looking at > releasing? > > Also, Is anything frozen at the moment? Since it appears that all work on it has ceased, I'll prepare it for publication and publish it later t

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 14.04 Manual Status

Hi, Joel. On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Joel Pickett wrote: > Is it worth delaying the release more toward the 14.04.1 release? It probably would be if people are still updating the manual. April 14 was the last time anyone modified a .tex file, however. —Kevin _

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 14.04 Manual Status

I could also post a draft PDF on crocodoc.com so people can easily highlight errors and the like... if anyone is interested. —Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : http

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 14.04 Manual Status

You can view a draft of Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 online at . —Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://lau

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Chaplinks

Hi, Hannie. On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > After a fresh installation of Trusty and TexLive I have made the > ubuntu-manual.pdf file on my pc. It all looks fine, except the chaplinks. In > the tex file I see for instance \chaplink{ch:learning-more}, but in the pdf > fil

[Ubuntu-manual] Merge with the Ubuntu Docs team?

am? Do you have any other thoughts on this proposal? Thanks for your input! —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More hel

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Merge with the Ubuntu Docs team?

I just wanted to jump in and clarify a couple things: 1. The desktop documentation that I mentioned is what you see if you search for 'help' in the Dash. It's also available online at . 2. The Ubuntu docs team has very few active members. Towa

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 'Advanced Topic's' Chapter Request

Hi, Thomas. On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Thomas Corwin wrote: > Would anyone have a problem if I put the Wine section in the Advanced Topics > chapter into its own .tex file? No, that's not a problem. Just paste it into its own .tex file and then add \input{your-filename} to the advanced-t

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 'Advanced Topic's' Chapter Request

Hi, Thomas. On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Thomas Corwin wrote: > I pushed up revision 86 with the updated files. Hoping it made it through. It came through. You should use \input instead of \insert, however. —Kevin ___ Mailing list: https://launc

[Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 has been released

version of the manual, you can find more information at <http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved>. This manual is also available for translation at <https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/trusty>. —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https:/

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Trusty second edition

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Mehmet Atif Ergun wrote: > I encountered problems while running make on the file. The following were > missing: > > graphics/advanced.pdf > graphics/warning.pdf > titlepage/titlepage-en_US.pdf Oops! Give me just a second and I'll fix that... —Kevin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Trusty second edition

Okay, I've added those files to the bzr branch. If you notice anything else amiss, please let me know. I haven't updated any of the versions yet so nothing is flagged as 'second edition'. I'll take care of that soonish. Thanks! —Kevin ___ Mailing list

[Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 - Second edition is now available

appearing on Amazon's website within the next few days. Thanks to everyone who helped out with this update! —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://laun

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 - Second edition is now available

Hello, Pierre. On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Pierre Slamich wrote: > Congratulations to all and Merry Whatever :-) > Is there any work to do translation wise ? I just uploaded the translation template for trusty-e2. It may take a while for Launchpad to carry across translations from trusty.

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Typos in Ubuntu Trusty E2

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Mehmet Atif Ergun wrote: > I can assign this to myself and commit the fix tomorrow if you'd like. > (If so, would I commit to the same repo that we have been working in > for this last release?) They look like my typos. Please don't fix the typos in the repository

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] "Getting Started With Ubuntu 14.04" is CC ebook of the day on Unglue.it

Hello, Eric. On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Eric Hellman wrote: > Every weekday we pick one Creative Commons licensed ebook to promote. > "Getting Started With Ubuntu 14.04" is our software selection for the week. > > Unglue.it is a website dedicated to the development of sustainable funding >

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Wake up call

Hi, Hannie! I'm happy to help out with the publishing process, website management, and other odds and ends again. —Kevin Godby ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe :

[Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Fwd: Weekly update

Hello, everyone. I'm forwarding the following message from Hannie. It seems to have gotten lost somewhere along the way. (Hopefully my message doesn't have the same fate!). —Kevin To all, >From now on I will do a regular update of the list of authors/editors in our shared Xenial sheet [1]. I h

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] authors/editors

Hi, Eric. On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 11:32 PM, Eric Marsh wrote: > So on step 4 I notice the script checking for several Ubuntu font packages. > Is this going to require me to use Ubuntu for editing? I do have Ubuntu in a > small VM just for testing, but I normally I'd use OS X. I guess I'd be able >

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] questions

Hi, Eric. For the password recommendations, we should see what the strength meter uses in its determine and recommend passwords that at least meet the 'strong' requirement, I think. For screenshots, see chapter 5 in the style guide. The style guide is available at

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Re: USC or Software?

I think the manual should document the default applications instead of non-default applications. It may be worth mentioning the USC, how to install it, and why one might want to use it. But generally, the manual should document the default Ubuntu experience. —Kevin On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:28 A

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] \credit and \status

Hi, Eric. Here's an old email where I explained the idea behind those commands and how thtey were to be used: https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg04035.html At the moment, the commands don't actually do anything. But I have a script around somewhere that would check the commands and make

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Style questions

Hello, Tiffany. On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 4:16 PM Tiffany Tisler wrote: > 1) Should I bold a GUI subheading in the manual text, to make it clear > user is looking for said subheading under a section in the settings menu? > The style manual does not seem very clear on how to deal with this. > > For

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Final stage

Hello. It sounds like the powers that be have recently changed the name of Software to be Ubuntu Software: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1570479 We'll need to update our manual to reflect this change. (I look forward to the day when these UIFe and FFe requests st

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Start translating

Hello, Jose. On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 5:17 AM, Jose wrote: > I've already got the initial draft for the Spanish translation, but I'm not > able to upload the file po/es.po back to Launchpad.I get the following error > when I try to do it from Baazar Explorer: > > Run command: bzr commit -m "Spanis

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Start translating

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Jose wrote: > You were completely right. I had forgotten I had reinstalled Ubuntu some > months ago and I my ssh was missing. I could fix it and upload the > translation. I'm glad it worked for you. I always forget and take an embarrassingly long time figuring it

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Wake up call

Hello, Sylvie. On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:30 AM, Sylvie Gallet wrote: > And now, to Kevin: I just realized that the French version of 16.04 UM hasn't been published yet although it was ready. Maybe you could publish, at least the pdf and why not the book on amazon? I apologize for not noticing

[Ubuntu-manual] Revival of the Ubuntu Manual Project

Getting Started with Ubuntu 20.04, just reply to this email. 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 : https:

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