+1
Take care!
Regards from
Tom :)
From: David Nelson
To: documentation@libreoffice.org
Sent: Mon, 31 January, 2011 0:59:23
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Another cyclone coming
Hi, :-)
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 04:50, Barbara Duprey wrote:
> We'll c
Ooops! I agree with David then! lol
Regards from
Tom :)
From: Rogerio Luz Coelho
To: documentation@libreoffice.org
Sent: Mon, 31 January, 2011 3:26:27
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: translation spaces
2011/1/30 Tom Davies
> Hi :)
>
> I think m
Hi, :-)
My 2 cents would be that comments inside documents are more
immediately accessible to workers, and are more "portable" to wherever
the document goes. But Alfresco's discussion capability is more
appropriate if it's not just a conclusive comment but is likely to
turn into a conversation.
W
On 1/30/2011 9:05 PM, Jeremy Cartwright wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:54:06 -0600
Barbara Duprey wrote:
OK, my version is there now -- but it's only available through
version history, the original version is still the one that appears
directly in the folder. None of the actions seem to fit,
2011/1/30 Tom Davies
> Hi :)
>
> I think making the language codes "title case" (eg En-Gb) would be a bit
> weird
> as the are almost always written lower-case. People would automatically
> type
> the codes in lower-case and then not arrive at the correct page.
>
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> I
2011/1/30 Barbara Duprey
> As I've worked on chapters, I've used a number of comments. The first is
> essentially my own checklist of things to do/done, which is also info for
> the reviewer to see if the right bases have been covered, but there are
> others relating to the need to replace figure
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:54:06 -0600
Barbara Duprey wrote:
> OK, my version is there now -- but it's only available through
> version history, the original version is still the one that appears
> directly in the folder. None of the actions seem to fit, since it
> isn't ready to be promoted. Will my
On 1/30/2011 4:50 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote:
On 1/30/2011 3:36 PM, Jeremy Cartwright wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:22:05 -0600
Barbara Duprey wrote:
Then, from the (Working Copy) in Review, Upload, then Check In, to
get the edited
I believe that would be check in, then use the find document d
Hi Jean, :-)
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 09:40, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> I can't get through to the alfresco site, and
> downforeveryoneorjustme.com thinks http://documentation.traduction.biz/
> is in fact down for everyone.
It's back online again. Sorry about that.
David Nelson
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I can't get through to the alfresco site, and
downforeveryoneorjustme.com thinks http://documentation.traduction.biz/
is in fact down for everyone.
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:26:35 +0100
Karl-Heinz Gödderz wrote:
> alfresco for the english part and for french, and other languages on
> ODFAuthors.
To be clear, there are spaces set up in Alfresco for many (20+)
languages, and more can be set up as needed.
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Hi, :-)
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 04:50, Barbara Duprey wrote:
> We'll cross our fingers for you and everybody there. Good luck!
+1
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Hi :)
I was just trying to be amusing but at least i made myself chuckle so it
'kinda'
worked.
From the marketing lists i get the impression that we are not aiming at
corporate/business customers except those that are already using OpenOffice
although that might be different in countries t
Hi :)
I think making the language codes "title case" (eg En-Gb) would be a bit weird
as the are almost always written lower-case. People would automatically type
the codes in lower-case and then not arrive at the correct page.
Regards from
Tom :)
From: D
Hi :)
Apple are a form of Bsd, which is unix-based, and so a lot of the UI is very
similar to stuff we have in gnu&linux and often originated in gnu&linux. So it
might be a bit more difficult to make a fuss. Their licensing agreements are a
bit less draconian too.
Also Apple are keen for peo
On 1/30/2011 3:36 PM, Jeremy Cartwright wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:22:05 -0600
Barbara Duprey wrote:
Then, from the (Working Copy) in Review, Upload, then Check In, to
get the edited
I believe that would be check in, then use the find document dialog in
that process to upload the new versi
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:22:05 -0600
Barbara Duprey wrote:
> Then, from the (Working Copy) in Review, Upload, then Check In, to
> get the edited
I believe that would be check in, then use the find document dialog in
that process to upload the new version.
Re: version numbers, those are controlle
As I've worked on chapters, I've used a number of comments. The first is essentially my own
checklist of things to do/done, which is also info for the reviewer to see if the right bases have
been covered, but there are others relating to the need to replace figures, or questioning the best
way t
In my earlier attempts to get Chapter 14 into Drafts, I apparently ended up with the original rather
than my changed version there. As I read BootCamp, I should go to the Review folder, bring up
Details for that chapter, and use Check Out (I have the edited copy on my own computer and don't
want
On 1/30/2011 5:40 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Today's cyclone (Anthony) is just far enough south to have missed
bringing us wind and rain, but the next one is likely to be a different
story. TC Yasi is due here around Thursday, and it's BIG.
--Jean
We'll cross our fingers for you and everybod
Hi David, Clayton, *,
I wonder if this thread is on the right list. Maybe you should discuss this on
the
website list, because it is related to the website and not everyone, who is
working
on the website is reading this list.
Just my 2 €-Cent
Regards,
Andreas
Am Sonntag, 30. Januar 2011, 20
Alright, I'll work on that. Actually, I won't be doing anything else
tonight, it's late here, I live in Italy. So... I'll be pulling all of the
current writing into LibreOffice (ironic, no?) to compile a general format
for each page, with pieces which will be uniform across all pages, and from
ther
Hi Clayton, :-)
Don't be shy to pad out that content in the Why? pages, if you have
inspiration. It was too telegraphic for my taste. Search engine
spiders eat text. You don't have to be too verbose, but...
HTH. ;-)
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THAT I can do. Typin' up sum editz.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:13 PM, David Nelson wrote:
> Hi Clayton, :-)
>
> Jaxson commented:
>
> "One thing that I was going to mention (my main reason for joining
> this list actually) is the inconsistency between the application
> descriptions on the Why for.
Hi Clayton, :-)
Jaxson commented:
"One thing that I was going to mention (my main reason for joining
this list actually) is the inconsistency between the application
descriptions on the Why for...? pages.
Take Impress - described as a "A presentation", "Presentation" and
"Presentation manager" o
How about this format:
(Note that there will be consistences across the pages, with more specific
answers towards the bottom, ranked by importance. I will probably be keeping
the double bullet point feature for the explanation of the software. Or
perhaps only mention the specific pieces that are re
Hi Clayton, :-)
> Also, regarding the typo, for some reason I couldn't find a spell checker
> just in case. Have I overlooked something?
Look for the ABC button in the toolbar.
> Awesome. Yes, I got all of the messages, however I did the fixes first. Then
> for some reason went on and started co
Awesome. Yes, I got all of the messages, however I did the fixes first. Then
for some reason went on and started correcting the layout. Then bastardized
it, but forgot to make it uniform (I would be looking at all of those pages,
choosing the best layout, and applying it to all of them from there.)
Hi Jaxson, :-)
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 02:31, Jaxson Lee wrote:
> I'd love to get involved with the whole documentation process - I can't do
> anything other than the most basic coding, I can appreciate good design but
> can't design very well myself, but I do have good technical writing
> abilit
Hi Clayton, :-)
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 02:30, Clayton Walker wrote:
> Also, did anybody get my suggested publishing? And is there any sort
> of collaboration settings as well?
I looked at your changes. They look fine. Feel free to develop the
content further? Expand a bit? I did see a typo, but
I'd love to get involved with the whole documentation process - I can't
do anything other than the most basic coding, I can appreciate good
design but can't design very well myself, but I do have good technical
writing abilities. By work on, do you mean proof-read etc.? I'm not
sure on how to
Because they don't issue out their own productivity software? Or is it
because they aren't on such a sue spree? Doesn't matter either way, I get
your drift.
Also, did anybody get my suggested publishing? And is there any sort
of collaboration settings as well?
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Davi
Hi, :-)
I see it as purely a manual effort, ATM. I would not envision any
attempt at an automated process until a genuine need actually arises
in the future.
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Hi, :-)
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:56, Clayton Walker wrote:
> What's the problem with Windows? Wouldn't Mac be the same then?
No, various project members asked me to not do Windows screenshots
because of us potentially being sued on a copyright issue. The only
exceptions ATM are the Windows ins
What's the problem with Windows? Wouldn't Mac be the same then?
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:54 PM, David Nelson wrote:
> Hi Clayton, :-)
>
> Well, with the brown window frames, it actually looks not dissimilar
> to Ubuntu, so that would be fine. But probably you can configure a Mac
> to meet that s
Hi Clayton, :-)
Well, with the brown window frames, it actually looks not dissimilar
to Ubuntu, so that would be fine. But probably you can configure a Mac
to meet that same "constraint", too. I was just thinking about
avoiding breaking visually too much with the existing screenshots, but
it's not
I'm... not... running it right now, maybe that's a question for the
community, but here's a few screenies.
http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/linux-mint-499x383.jpg
http://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/screenshots/gloria/12.png
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:38 PM, David Nelson wrote:
> Hi
Hi Jeremy, :-)
Yes, thank you indeed for this... One little question: would it be a
problem to name all directories starting with a capital letter? It
doesn't really matter, it's purely a "it gets in my face" thing, and
if you have reasons for not doing so or not wanting to change things
now, that
Hi Clayton, :-)
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 00:24, Clayton Walker wrote:
> True, but perhaps screenshots from Linux Mint would be better? After all, LM
> is green, and that seems to be the current theme.
Sure, that's fine... Could you please maybe mail me one just to see
what it looks like?
So I gu
Le 30/01/11 06:49, Jeremy Cartwright a écrit :
Hi Jeremy,
>
> There are now spaces in Alfresco for the list of languages as found
> here: http://www.libreoffice.org/international-sites/, plus Italian,
> Swedish & Hindi.
>
Great stuff, tahnks.
Alex
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Already working on it, I also noticed that. I also noticed that
the writer loved to mention the fact that it _CAN_ create professional
_LOOKING_ documents, as if it needed to be mentioned that software capable
of writing professional letters was hard to come by.
I also agree with you on the referen
One thing that I was going to mention (my main reason for joining this
list actually) is the inconsistency between the application descriptions
on the Why for...? pages.
Take Impress - described as a "A presentation", "Presentation" and
"Presentation manager" on different pages. If we're descr
True, but perhaps screenshots from Linux Mint would be better? After all, LM
is green, and that seems to be the current theme.
And I'll be fixing the grammatical errors, and then we can discuss layout
later, I like that idea.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:16 PM, David Nelson wrote:
> Hi Clayton, :-)
Hi,
when I read earlier mails correct, it seems to me, that we will get two
tools for working on documentations.
alfresco for the english part and for french, and other languages on
ODFAuthors.
In my eyes we now need to synchronize the content of this two tools. to
lighten translations.
how ca
Hi Clayton, :-)
Please do go ahead and write the kind of content you'd like to see.
Let your imagination go, and let your ideas flow.
Maybe focus on text first off, and then we can talk about graphics and
screenshots after? (Mac is OK-ish, Ubuntu fits perfectly with current
material, and Windows
Hi Clayton, :-)
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 23:36, Clayton Walker wrote:
> David, do you think I should sign up to the website mailing list?
Yes, it would be a great idea. Most of the discussions about the
website take place on the website list, with some overflow onto the
design list (notably as re
Another point is that it sounds like we are trying our hardest to convince
these people that we are up to standards, instead of boasting features that
make LO different and unique. We boast that we are the same.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Clayton Walker
wrote:
> Alright, cool.
>
> Onto some
Alright, cool.
Onto some critics, not so much ideas.
First off, my eyes just glazed over. I can't read walls of text. Inset
images are always nice, as long as they aren't too obtrusive and obscure. I
can provide screen shots from a Mac, as I'm using one now.
Speaking of which, another huge point w
Hi Clayton, :-)
Initially, I'd suggest that you read the Features section of the site,
and the sub-pages about the individual LibreOffice applications. My 2
cents would be to adopt a similar style layout-wise, and a similar
writing style, too.
That way, all content would be consistent, with no "m
David, do you think I should sign up to the website mailing list?
Also, if we need any format pages, we could always look to other office
software web-pages, and look at what they find most important to display.
But if there's any style I particularly love, it's the sytle Apple uses.
http://www.a
On 1/29/2011 10:26 PM, Hal Parker wrote:
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote:
What I've found is that the only step that takes significant amounts of
time is checking the figures -- I get through all the other stuff in less
than half an hour, and the majority of that is cha
I'm sorry, I'm not trying to point fingers and insult people, but I'm just
trying to point out where it's wrong. (I don't even know who wrote them in
the first place, nor do I care.) I'm only interested in fixing them.
Regarding what Mr. Davies was addressing, I don't aim to make the pages
boring,
+1 here too
From: Jean-Francois Nifenecker
To: documentation@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sun, 30 January, 2011 14:02:17
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: General question about translation
of documentation and organisation within Alfresco
Le 30/01/2011
Le 30/01/2011 14:10, Rogerio Luz Coelho a écrit :
My 2cents as a pt-br translator is that we let the subdivisions as they are,
so if we get a team that posts as PT and ANOTHER as PT-BR we let them both
exist in the main tree
something like:
/pt
/pt-br
My opinion as well.
--
Jean-Francois
My 2cents as a pt-br translator is that we let the subdivisions as they are,
so if we get a team that posts as PT and ANOTHER as PT-BR we let them both
exist in the main tree
something like:
/pt
/pt-br
?
Rogerio
2011/1/30 Tom Davies
> Looks great :) All languages clearly being equal. But
Today's cyclone (Anthony) is just far enough south to have missed
bringing us wind and rain, but the next one is likely to be a different
story. TC Yasi is due here around Thursday, and it's BIG.
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Hi all,
I'll give a second short update for those who are working or interested in
working on
ODFAuthors.
There is a comment feature available inside ODFAuthors (Plone 4), that could be
activated for every folder / document. You have to tick the checkbox "Allow
comments" on the register "Set
On 25/01/2011 Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 10:31 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> > I will soon put a notice on the OOoAuthors
> > website itself, to tell people about the new site. ...
>
> I have now put a notice on the first page of the OOoAuthors website and
> on the first
Hi all,
I'll give an short update for those who are working or interested in working on
ODFAuthors.
I activated the working copy support on ODFAuthors for binary files like ODT.
It is
posible now to do something like a checkout for a ODT-Document. You can find
this
feature inside the actions
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