So, Regarding terminology, should it be called: Dash, dash, the Dash, or the dash?
I don't know that we have clear guidance. Rickfosb Sent from my iPad On Nov 7, 2011, at 3:04 PM, andy hayden <andyhayd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again, > > I went through Draft 5 (trying not to repeat the comments which I made in > Draft 4), @Hannie in passing I commented on the highlighted bits without > comments (at least what I thought they could be). > > Things which jump out: > Chapter 3, section "All The Applications You Need" is quite inconsistent and > many of the app-type subsections run into wild opinion! It could really do > with a structure (for each app-type) and an overall aim for the section... I > found it very hard to understand/read. > > "Reading and composing email" section is really tough to read: it's missing > capitalisation, bolding and emphasis (though I think the content is good). > > Large pictures center across the entire page rather than center across the > text (which looks strange), perhaps these large pictures should be shrunk? > > The naming convention chosen in its chapter is "Dash" rather than "dash", > "the dash", "the dash", "the Dash", or "The Dash" (all are in use somewhere > in the text! :) ) > > Many sections use the bolding/italic special character > incorrectly, and > have instead used quotations ' ' (these look even stranger as quotations > should be ` '). The majority of the manual where these are used correctly is > very easy to read, and I suspect user-friendly - once the reader has the hang > of it! > > Sorry everything seems negative, but all the other things are coming along > great! > Andy > > On 7 November 2011 18:51, c7p <c7p.ad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah i think that's a common issue. I remember when i was trying to get the > Greek manual built, that was one "traditional" bug -Kevin fixed such bugs > pretty quickly-. > > Have a nice week ! > --John > > 2011/11/7 tom.swart...@gmail.com <tom.swart...@gmail.com> > > Hey all, > > Im just looking through the online draft now, and I notice that all of the > references are incorrect. e.g. My section on Using Instant Messaging is > listed in the Table of Contents as page 66, but appears on page 68 in the > text. > I have reason to believe that the LaTeX file compiler was only run once (Am I > correct in assuming this?). Typically when a TeX document is compiled with > complex references, it needs to be 're compiled' so that the TOC could be > loaded correctly. > > That said, its no big deal to simply run it twice before the final draft is > published, and it shouldn't really affect any of the edits that we are > currently doing, but it is something important to keep in mind when anyone is > compiling the TeX from source. > > Ill push the edits to the Troubleshooting section that I have made after I > get home from work tonight. :) > > Cheers, > Thomas Swartz > > No trees were killed to send this message, but a large number of electrons > were terribly inconvenienced. > > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:03 AM, c7p <c7p.ad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2011/11/7 andy hayden <andyhayd...@gmail.com> > Hi, > > I added many comments to Draft 4 (http://crocodoc.com/Oog1F8n) last week, > none of which appear to have been addressed in Draft 5. > > many thanks > Andy > > On 7 November 2011 09:50, lafeber-dumoleyn2 <lafeber-dumole...@zonnet.nl> > wrote: > Hi, > I have added some comment here: https://crocodoc.com/FcDBmlM. > I can see in this document that text is highlighted, but there is no comment. > It is not always clear what the problem is. > Hannie > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > @Andy: Thanks for the info, we'll make the changes asap. > > @Hannie: I don't know why this is happening, i guess you would have to add > comments again if they are necessary -double-work isn't the most pleasing > thing- :/. > > --John > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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