Re: Bug 455400

2007-08-10 Thread Thomas Harding
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 09:19:53AM -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > Thomas / Lars: I'm trying to create a PDF file on my cygwin system. I think > I have installed all of the prerequisites except that I cannot find "jw" for > cygwin. I think jw is in docbook-utils pacakge, but I can't > find docbook-util

Re: Bug 455400

2007-08-10 Thread Mark Dexter
Thomas / Lars: I'm trying to create a PDF file on my cygwin system. I think I have installed all of the prerequisites except that I cannot find "jw" for cygwin. I think jw is in docbook-utils pacakge, but I can't find docbook-utils for cygwin. I'll go ahead and post my DIFF and ZIP files later toda

Re: Bug 455400

2007-08-01 Thread Mark Dexter
That works for me. I'll just create a diff file of what I already have, which is the xml files BEFORE patch 439974 was applied. The diff file will include 439974 as well as my changes. Thanks. Mark On 8/1/07, Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 09:41 -0700, Mark Dexte

Re: Bug 455400

2007-08-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 09:41 -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > Hi Lars. I'm a little confused now. I created my SVN and then applied > the 439974 patch (patch -p0 diff-doc-en.diff) to my local copy. Now > I've done all my changes to my local copy and was just going to create > a DIFF file to upload under

Re: docbook: link [was: Bug 455400]

2007-08-01 Thread Thomas Harding
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:42:22AM -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > Thanks. Do I need to upload each screenshot PNG file separately or can I zip > them into one upload file? Thanks. Mark (I think) if it is possible, try the zip method: this will avoid the harrassment to download several files. -- Tho

Re: Bug 455400

2007-08-01 Thread Thomas Harding
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 06:33:37PM +0200, Lars Clausen wrote: > If you can make the patch as the difference between what Thomas added > and what you've added on top of that, I can easily apply it. I'm > applying Thomas' stuff from #439974 now, so you may not want to update > your SVN copy until yo

Re: docbook: link [was: Bug 455400]

2007-08-01 Thread Mark Dexter
Thanks. Do I need to upload each screenshot PNG file separately or can I zip them into one upload file? Thanks. Mark On 8/1/07, Thomas Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 08:13:15AM -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > > Thanks, Thomas. That was way too easy! I've been doing a lo

Re: Bug 455400

2007-08-01 Thread Mark Dexter
Hi Lars. I'm a little confused now. I created my SVN and then applied the 439974 patch (patch -p0 diff-doc-en.diff) to my local copy. Now I've done all my changes to my local copy and was just going to create a DIFF file to upload under my patch (455400). So it sounds like I want to update my loca

Re: Bug 455400

2007-08-01 Thread Lars Clausen
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 11:51 -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > Thanks, Thomas. Everything works now. I'm going to make my changes > this afternoon (I'm in Seattle, USA -- Pacific time). So I should able > to upload the patch file later today. I'll add more notes to the bug > indicating the different place

Re: docbook: link [was: Bug 455400]

2007-08-01 Thread Thomas Harding
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 08:13:15AM -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > Thanks, Thomas. That was way too easy! I've been doing a lot of work on the > documentation. I've added sections for entering text, aligning objects, > moving lines. I've > also added a lot of screenshots and expanded the basic objects

Re: docbook: link [was: Bug 455400]

2007-08-01 Thread Mark Dexter
Thanks, Thomas. That was way too easy! I've been doing a lot of work on the documentation. I've added sections for entering text, aligning objects, moving lines. I've also added a lot of screenshots and expanded the basic objects area. I'm currently reworking the selecting objects section, again wi

Re: docbook: link [was: Bug 455400]

2007-08-01 Thread Thomas Harding
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 05:01:49PM -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > Hi. I'm try to link to a specific section in a different xml file in > DocBook. The specific example is: I'm inside usage-objects-basic.xml and am > trying to link to a specific section in usage-objects.xml. > > I can link to the top o

Re: git [was: Bug 455400]

2007-08-01 Thread Thomas Harding
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 10:43:32AM +0530, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe wrote: > Hi, I have been following this thread and from what I understand, > there are two people working on documentation. You are trying to keep > sync with each other's patches because they have not been merged into > the dia SVN rep

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-31 Thread Sameer Sahasrabuddhe
On 7/31/07, Mark Dexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, I still would like answers to my questions about how to find and > download uncommitted documentation patches (so I can start with the latest > versions). Hi, I have been following this thread and from what I understand, there are two peo

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-31 Thread Mark Dexter
Hi. I'm try to link to a specific section in a different xml file in DocBook. The specific example is: I'm inside usage-objects-basic.xml and am trying to link to a specific section in usage-objects.xml. I can link to the top of the document with the following: For tips on editing text, see E

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-31 Thread Mark Dexter
Thanks, Thomas. Everything works now. I'm going to make my changes this afternoon (I'm in Seattle, USA -- Pacific time). So I should able to upload the patch file later today. I'll add more notes to the bug indicating the different places where I've made changes and additions. Mark On 7/31/07, Tho

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-31 Thread Thomas Harding
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:17:57AM -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > Hi Thomas. I have hit a small problem. When I applied the patch ("patch -p0 > < diff-doc-en.diff"), I think it was supposed to create a file called > dia-cmdline.xml. However, it did not create this file. So now I get an error > when I

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-31 Thread Mark Dexter
go ahead and do this? Should I create separate > bugzilla > > tickets for each of these or can I include them in bug #455400? > > I think the better is to input the less possible bugs, and merge all > changes in one (as long as changes concerns the same problem, ie. doc > correcti

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-31 Thread Thomas Harding
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 06:32:52AM -0700, Mark Dexter wrote: > Is it OK for me to go ahead and do this? Should I create separate bugzilla > tickets for each of these or can I include them in bug #455400? I think the better is to input the less possible bugs, and merge all changes in one (a

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-31 Thread Thomas Harding
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 11:15:31AM -0700, Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley wrote: > 1. How do I download the patch to apply? I looked at bugzilla and at the svn > web site and couldn't figure this out. go to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439974 on Comment #13 from Thomas Harding(reporte

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-31 Thread Mark Dexter
me to go ahead and do this? Should I create separate bugzilla tickets for each of these or can I include them in bug #455400? Also, I still would like answers to my questions about how to find and download uncommitted documentation patches (so I can start with the latest versions). Thanks. Mark

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-30 Thread Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley
Hello Thomas. Thanks for the quick reply. I think I understand most of this now. I still have two questions. 1. How do I download the patch to apply? I looked at bugzilla and at the svn web site and couldn't figure this out. 2. How do I know which patches to download and apply? Is there a way to s

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-30 Thread Thomas Harding
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 09:04:59AM -0700, Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley wrote: > Hello again, Thomas. I have tried to work through the instructions in your > e-mail below, but I still have some questions. I apologize for being such a > newbie on this stuff, but I'm anxious to learn more about how this p

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-30 Thread Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley
Hello again, Thomas. I have tried to work through the instructions in your e-mail below, but I still have some questions. I apologize for being such a newbie on this stuff, but I'm anxious to learn more about how this process works. The good news is that I have written some additional documentation

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-23 Thread Thomas Harding
On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 05:27:04PM -0700, Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley wrote: > I looked at the link you supplied and found where I would like to add some > new text (as outlined in the bugzilla bug). I would propose adding a new > section called 'Text Entry" just after Using Objects / Deleting Objects

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-22 Thread Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley
Hello Steffen. I looked at the link you supplied and found where I would like to add some new text (as outlined in the bugzilla bug). I would propose adding a new section called 'Text Entry" just after Using Objects / Deleting Objects. This appears to be in the file http://svn.gnome.org/svn/dia/t

Re: Bug 455400

2007-07-22 Thread Steffen Macke
Hi Mark, thanks for the bug report and thanks for following up. Your input is very much appreciated. I'm currently trying to have at least a look at all the bug reports and reply to them if possible/necessary. > 1. What is the best way to propose improvements to the documentation? Submitting pa

Bug 455400

2007-07-22 Thread Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley
Hi. I've been usin Dia for a couple of weeks and it works very well for my purposes. I had a specific suggestion for improving the documentation, and I entered bug# 455400 into bugzilla on 7/10. Nothing has happened with it so far. I'm happy to help writing or editing the documentati