Hi Andy, Comment like this is exactly what we need. Many thanks! There is still some work to do for the editors. If editors take care of "their" chapter or section, I think we can have an (almost) perfect document in no time :) Hannie
andy hayden schreef op ma 07-11-2011 om 21:04 [+0000]: > 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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