Hi,
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Giuseppe Castagno wrote:
I worked to implement the issue 61139 and I'm now working on issue
12626, both as developer.
The issue 61139 (new PDF options) is closed, but I'm not sure if help
or tooltip were added to the OOo mainline.
I'm on cc for issue 61139, so I will take care for the online help.
Note to all developers: If you want online help for your new feature
without any delay, you should add the helpcontent2 module to your CWS
and send a note to help authors (for example, by adding ufi to the cc
list of the issue, or by creating a sub-issue for "documentation; online
help")
If you do not add the helpcontent2 module, we will write the online help
in one of our current help CWSs. They certainly will get integrated some
weeks or even months later than your CWS.
Now the other one, bigger one, issue 12626.
This is the implementation of the password security to exported PDF.
As you can see there, in the issue, the tab page referring to the
Password Security threaten to become complicated.
Is there a way I can provide in advance a description to be used in
the help and/or tooltips ?
I know that in the specification much can be said, but so far they
seem terse for a help author to obtain whatever information needed.
I did not know about this issue 12626. Haven't seen any specification
document or feature mail. So if you want some online help, please send
some information. Best way is always to open a sub issue for
"documentation - online help".
I know from former talks that the help cannot be added until the issue
has been merged into the main codeline, but wouldn't it be nice if the
work on writing the on-line help started as soon as the specification
were finished and approved and not when the code is merged back into
the main code line ?
One thought must be considered: If the feature gets added to StarOffice,
we at Sun will take care for the online help plus translation into all
main languages supported by StarOffice/StarSuite.
If the feature is OOo only, we will not provide any online help. Then it
is even more important to give all necessary information to the OOo
community in time.
Providing this information in advance is a very good idea. Thank you for
suggesting it.
The help is not the only place this information is needed. Those of us
writing user guides need it too. I suggest you write a description and
submit it as a Task issue for Documentation, sub-component Online Help.
Assign the issue to Uwe Fischer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and cc it to me
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and to GRS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) so we
know about it for the manuals as well.
Regards, Jean
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