We're only going to try to ship one version, A4, english with Ubuntu. We'll include links to other versions. I believe it's not that hard for LaTeX to output different versions/different languages.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 16:27 -0600, Wolter Hellmund wrote: > > > I think that we should create a separate version of the titlepage for > > printing only, which will be simple, and maybe even graphic-less. > > I'm starting to worry about an influx of version. There's already A4, > letter, both in one and double sided editions. All that per language. > And don't you want this shipped with Ubuntu ideally? More than one > version won't fly, translations will be an issue already. > > > The reason I propose this, is because if we oblige ourselfs to add a > > thick white margin to our coverpage, not only will it look bad, but it > > will also save no ink from the user who is printing the manual. Now, in > > case somebody had the right equipment, he would have no problems in > > printing without margins. > > I don't think it's a given that a white margin has to look bad. We > should not follow that urge to *fill* the page. > > Even with fills to the edge, any text should stay out of the 5mm (plus a > little something) area. > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Benjamin Humphrey Ubuntu Manual Project Leader Dunedin, New Zealand https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual www.interesting.co.nz
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