Re: Technical Writing / Updating Documentation

d the KDE Gitlab and found the Discover project, but there aren't any docbook files. So I guess the documentation for Discover has never been written. I'm not real sure how the .desktop files are generated; I only noticed one such file in the Gitlab repo. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas htt

Help for the systemsettings program

onitor") Multimedia (a major category with no sub-categories) Energy Saving, Activity Power Settings, and Advanced Power Settings (under "Power Management") Device Actions and Removeable Devices (under "Removeable Storage") kw -- Just to test my theory about the missing e

[utilities/kate] doc/kate: Oops! My typo fix introduced a new typo. It's OK now.

Git commit 4eb9f8c7f0e95308deeadb92dd2b19008762c4e4 by David Bryant. Committed on 17/12/2021 at 20:49. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Oops! My typo fix introduced a new typo. It's OK now. M +1-1doc/kate/plugins.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit

[utilities/kate] doc/kate: Correct minor typos.

Git commit 586ed88747c5272e6b53d5728a31a0cc9ed08675 by David Bryant. Committed on 17/12/2021 at 20:41. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Correct minor typos. M +2-2doc/kate/plugins.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit/586ed88747c5272e6b53d5728a31a0cc9ed08675

Re: how to view newly processed help files

opying everything into the /usr/ share/help/en/Testing/ directory. But I couldn't get that to work. Jack, I hope this is helpful. A bit cumbersome, but it works. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas org.kde.testing.desktop Description: application/desktop signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: how to view newly processed help files

ernate OS setups booted up.) -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: how to view newly processed help files

files. But I'm too lazyto do that right now. I'm happy enough being two users. At least it works, after a fashion. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[pim/kmail] /: Synchronized authorship information in documentation with "About KMail" widget.

Git commit e411d62c4cd4e51d27e612bcc5ced9527cb19942 by David Bryant. Committed on 25/09/2021 at 19:53. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Synchronized authorship information in documentation with "About KMail" widget. Added contributors' email addresses, where those we

Re: Contributor.entities

nt branches, as well as to "master", now that I understand that may be necessary. KDocTools is currently on 5.87.0. So PIM isn't very far behind. Frameworks 5.85.0 was just released in Gentoo today, as a matter of fact. Lots of compiles this morning, for me! -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas

Re: Contributor.entities

On Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:17:56 AM CDT Myriam Schweingruber wrote: > Hi David, > > On Mon, 13 Sept 2021 at 20:29, David Bryant wrote: > > Recently I've been working on some "licenses and credits" chapters for > > various > > KFDE programs, and it

[pim/kontact] doc/kontact: Correct program copyright dates to 2001 - 2021, instead of 2004 - 2021

Git commit 107a6a4babd500b2b9f6c3873d7e30a64b5a8d12 by David Bryant. Committed on 15/09/2021 at 00:22. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Correct program copyright dates to 2001 - 2021, instead of 2004 - 2021 M +1-1doc/kontact/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/kontact

Contributor.entities

s anybody know what "dbgenent.mod" is, or where to find it? It's not in the kdoctools repo. I do see similar comments in file "general.entities", and also in "kdedbx45.dtd.cmake". But "dbgenent.mod" itself does not exist, apparently. Any insights are welcome. Thanks! -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas

Re: Kontact: Chapter 8. Credits and License: 2004-2005

one. See commit here: https://invent.kde.org/pim/kontact/commit/ c5cce054fb28dfd67e79440b9879dff04c852864 Five other contributors were missing from the credits; they have also been added. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas

[pim/kontact] doc/kontact: Added authors in aboutdata.cpp who were not previously listed in credits.

Git commit c5cce054fb28dfd67e79440b9879dff04c852864 by David Bryant. Committed on 13/09/2021 at 16:02. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Added authors in aboutdata.cpp who were not previously listed in credits. Corrected a misspelled name, used UTF-8 in lieu of entities. Hat tip

Re: There is no link [add journal entry!]

lease fix, > Chris The documentation has been updated. I think the tooltip associated with the "New Journal ..." button can also be improved -- I'll try to get to that, also, when time permits. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas https://davidcbryant.net

[pim/korganizer] doc: Clarify the description of the "New Journal ..." button. Hat tip to Krzysztof Żelechowski .

Git commit f65d2ff40b6e3a0d53a79479841a0ec07c475641 by David Bryant. Committed on 12/09/2021 at 13:54. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Clarify the description of the "New Journal ..." button. Hat tip to Krzysztof Żelechowski . M +2-1doc/index.docbook https://inve

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Undo yesterday's changes. Carl Schwan's commit has been reverted. The plain text / HTML toggle bar is now always visible.

Git commit 3b2866e7958d5cf1b3c3db9b3218cedebee3c32d by David Bryant. Committed on 05/09/2021 at 18:40. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Undo yesterday's changes. Carl Schwan's commit has been reverted. The plain text / HTML toggle bar is now always visible. M +1-1doc/kmail2

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Undo yesterday's update. Carl Schwan's commit has been reverted. Plain text / HTML toggle bar is now shown on every message.

Git commit 9ff67699bdc8b3dae1301831ab73164f8b67ef49 by David Bryant. Committed on 05/09/2021 at 18:31. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Undo yesterday's update. Carl Schwan's commit has been reverted. Plain text / HTML toggle bar is now shown on every message. M +0-1doc

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Clarify behavior of HTML / plain text toggle bar. See Carl Schwan's commit 6c10959b in PIM messagelib.

Git commit c527839d3564b42096b931f048ae247dd9be458f by David Bryant. Committed on 04/09/2021 at 17:34. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Clarify behavior of HTML / plain text toggle bar. See Carl Schwan's commit 6c10959b in PIM messagelib. M +2-2doc/kmail2/using-kmail.docbook

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Clarify behavior of HTML toggle bar. See Carl Schwan's commit 6c10959b in PIM messagelib.

Git commit 0d1abf77e092f4d2f96eaff68c1fd2b302d62d7e by David Bryant. Committed on 04/09/2021 at 17:18. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Clarify behavior of HTML toggle bar. See Carl Schwan's commit 6c10959b in PIM messagelib. M +1-2doc/kmail2/configure.docbook https

Re: [pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Update copyright dates, release level. The documentation for kmail2 is now (almost) up to date.

ble for ~98% of the commits made in the past ten years. Here's the list. Name No. Commits Remarks Till Adam 68 In Credits. Heiko Becker 9 Luca Beltrame 7 David Bryant 21 Yuri Chornoivan 56 Albert Astals Cid 10 In "thanks to". David Faure 84 In Credits. Chr

Re: [pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Update copyright dates, release level. The documentation for kmail2 is now (almost) up to date.

On Thursday, August 19, 2021 6:15:38 AM CDT David Bryant wrote: > Git commit 49ff086f7363c0300d4099e78fd0a54fa5d18bb0 by David Bryant. > Committed on 19/08/2021 at 11:15. > Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. > > Update copyright dates, release level. The documentation fo

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Update copyright dates, release level. The documentation for kmail2 is now (almost) up to date.

Git commit 49ff086f7363c0300d4099e78fd0a54fa5d18bb0 by David Bryant. Committed on 19/08/2021 at 11:15. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Update copyright dates, release level. The documentation for kmail2 is now (almost) up to date. M +3-3doc/kmail2/credits

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Updating chapter 7 of KMail documentation -- "troubleshooting"

Git commit 8d2ac17ab8e17077de1f27557f0b4dd76cc1be1f by David Bryant. Committed on 18/08/2021 at 19:29. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Updating chapter 7 of KMail documentation -- "troubleshooting" M +428 -65 doc/kmail2/troubleshooting.docbook https://invent.kde.org

Cleaning up "dirty" items reported by akonadictl fsck

ty" items when they arrive en masse? Thanks. Any and all suggestions are welcome. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas https://davidcbryant.net

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Remove obsolete reference to migration from KMail to KMail2, which happened back in 2010.

Git commit f314512841910fca5049f3d658366146d2dc2408 by David Bryant. Committed on 10/08/2021 at 16:45. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Remove obsolete reference to migration from KMail to KMail2, which happened back in 2010. M +1-2doc/kmail2/intro.docbook https

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Add explanatory text for the insert-special-character function. Somebody moved it to a different menu (from Edit to Insert) in release 5.17.

Git commit 5c84379786acf433038937dbd309f0fedd5cb388 by David Bryant. Committed on 10/08/2021 at 11:55. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Add explanatory text for the insert-special-character function. Somebody moved it to a different menu (from Edit to Insert) in release 5.17. M +5

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Updating configuration chapter in docs.

Git commit aed32f411fc4080dbfef5441c9c696e7aed6244f by David Bryant. Committed on 09/08/2021 at 13:47. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Updating configuration chapter in docs. M +---doc/kmail2/composergeneral.png M +8-1doc/kmail2/configure.docbook https

[pim/kmail/work.davidbryant.doc] doc/kmail2: Add plugins section to configuration chapter. Also add some pictures.

Git commit d9d45070c79ccf9d97a616e0876c489c0cc61a5f by David Bryant. Committed on 07/08/2021 at 20:42. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'work.davidbryant.doc'. Add plugins section to configuration chapter. Also add some pictures. M +---doc/kmail2/composergeneral.png M +693 -50 doc

KMail2 documentation: Troubleshooting

hat should be covered in "troubleshooting tips and tricks"? Thank you for thinking about this. Any and all comments / suggestions are welcome. Feel free to write to me directly: davidbry...@gvtc.com. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas https://davidcbryant.net

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Added David Bryant to documentation credits.

Git commit aea1b59c35d49e3360011e96fba7125fa7f766c9 by David Bryant. Committed on 06/08/2021 at 13:05. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Added David Bryant to documentation credits. M +7-0doc/kmail2/credits-and-licenses.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail/commit

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Updated Chapter 5, Frequently Asked Questions

Git commit cae9e6a9e59d93ab8b22157fc87f9e20b608b798 by David Bryant. Committed on 06/06/2021 at 16:14. Pushed by yurchor into branch 'master'. Updated Chapter 5, Frequently Asked Questions M +641 -541 doc/kmail2/faq.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail/commit

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Add id="..." tags for Help Menu sections.

Git commit 2bc07d86b2c0b02f2e6301623837cc88eb7b79de by David Bryant. Committed on 06/06/2021 at 16:09. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Add id="..." tags for Help Menu sections. M +2-2doc/kmail2/menus.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/km

Re: Obsolete Version of KMail Handbook on docs.kde.org

. FWIW, the documentation for Kmail hadn't been touched in seven years when I started working on it last August. Maybe that's part of the reason it's only showing a "stable" version. It wasn't just stable. It was moribund.  -- David Bryant Still a greenhorn, but improving Canyon Lake, Texas https://davidcbryant.net

[network/smb4k] doc: Tweak English idiom and punctuation; 35% complete.

Git commit e9879ec8d7c19580c4c904681d378b1dba7680c4 by David Bryant. Committed on 10/04/2021 at 15:35. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Tweak English idiom and punctuation; 35% complete. M +35 -36 doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/network/smb4k/commit

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Update second half of Chapter Five, "Command and Menu Reference", in kmail2 documentation.

Git commit fe4d6d9d5cfbdc3a188e717f38e46ef399090901 by David Bryant. Committed on 08/04/2021 at 20:09. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Update second half of Chapter Five, "Command and Menu Reference", in kmail2 documentation. Add many new items, delete obsolete material,

[network/smb4k] doc: Tweak idiom and punctuation. 25% complete.

Git commit d1b66fa0ecf74e7f7fc9c861282b5f615134f4cf by David Bryant. Committed on 04/04/2021 at 13:04. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Tweak idiom and punctuation. 25% complete. M +33 -33 doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/network/smb4k/commit

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Makiing an inconsequential change. I've been having trouble with gitLab commits. Does this fix it?

Git commit 5c6dddbed2aa3ec1da31f90f36c0bbf79475ae67 by David Bryant. Committed on 31/03/2021 at 20:44. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Makiing an inconsequential change. I've been having trouble with gitLab commits. Does this fix it? M +1-1doc/kmail2/menus.docbook https

[pim/akregator] doc: Tweak word order, clarify what HTML attribute "accessKey" really does.

Git commit d4bf9f883c9f0afc2823c89b9e6c5a58558168f3 by David Bryant. Committed on 31/03/2021 at 20:32. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Tweak word order, clarify what HTML attribute "accessKey" really does. M +2-2doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/akrega

[network/smb4k] doc: Tweak English idiom and punctuation. 20% done, 80% to go.

Git commit d4fea195c8112bb66759cf1a4d06833616da0a13 by David Bryant. Committed on 30/03/2021 at 10:45. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Tweak English idiom and punctuation. 20% done, 80% to go. M +24 -24 doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/network/smb4k/commit

[network/smb4k] doc: Tweak English idiom and punctuation, and correct two typos.

Git commit 35160e05acc3b32bf6843d7c41e4c8e3213b7e26 by David Bryant. Committed on 29/03/2021 at 12:46. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Tweak English idiom and punctuation, and correct two typos. M +22 -22 doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/network/smb4k/commit

[education/kwordquiz] doc: Minor corrections for English idiom and punctuation.

Git commit fa5f048c252247f712458450feb0949b53f85568 by David Bryant. Committed on 24/03/2021 at 17:13. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Minor corrections for English idiom and punctuation. M +25 -25 doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/education/kwordquiz/commit

[education/kanagram] doc: Improve English idiom and punctuation.

Git commit bc67d3cd728b6f8c9e2edf3526ad139f5f554f0b by David Bryant. Committed on 24/03/2021 at 10:14. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Improve English idiom and punctuation. M +17 -17 doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/education/kanagram/commit

[network/smb4k] doc: Minor corrections to punctuation and English idiom.

Git commit e848c7618f18a3d07e019cff2cd77cf86b584b8a by David Bryant. Committed on 22/03/2021 at 14:23. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Minor corrections to punctuation and English idiom. M +15 -15 doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/network/smb4k/commit

[utilities/kate] doc/katepart: Small update to correct English idiom.

Git commit 01b36f45b515727c72b45e42242249bd51fc66c5 by David Bryant. Committed on 22/03/2021 at 14:01. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Small update to correct English idiom. M +4-4doc/katepart/development.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Correct two typos that Yuri spotted.

Git commit f3cad1c29c30f69e5b5f1733732afd949f96b09b by David Bryant. Committed on 19/03/2021 at 19:05. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Correct two typos that Yuri spotted. M +2-2doc/kmail2/using-kmail.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail/commit

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Adding a new "Plugins" chapter to configure.docbook, along with associated

Git commit 910a3bd2ad9b324330e8c9aa608a94ae95306efd by David Bryant. Committed on 19/03/2021 at 18:01. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Adding a new "Plugins" chapter to configure.docbook, along with associated illustrations. Small corrections also made to Chapte

[utilities/kate] doc/kate: Correct minor typo

Git commit ea574be6edec58f1a666f93df9decb9a7bfc6188 by David Bryant. Committed on 15/03/2021 at 14:02. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Correct minor typo M +1-1doc/kate/plugins.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit/ea574be6edec58f1a666f93df9decb9a7bfc6188

[utilities/kate] doc/kate: Minor correction / English grammar.

Git commit c1b454b4a45fb50db57c7f599243a4ba163f600b by David Bryant. Committed on 06/03/2021 at 14:07. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Minor correction / English grammar. M +1-1doc/kate/configuring.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit

[utilities/kate] doc/katepart: Minor changes for idiom / grammar.

Git commit 1e4b802ed5f035484970c44f024caa39c32ed922 by David Bryant. Committed on 20/02/2021 at 15:37. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Minor changes for idiom / grammar. M +3-3doc/katepart/configuring.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit

[utilities/kate] doc/katepart: Improve English idiom slightly.

Git commit f3c28e17218572c460c0c2870e63db147e61da84 by David Bryant. Committed on 20/02/2021 at 13:34. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Improve English idiom slightly. M +1-1doc/katepart/configuring.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Update configure.docbook -- remove some superfluous verbiage.

Git commit 901cc7a51321f4e075654beb6c1e58b8ed4ee1a2 by David Bryant. Committed on 12/02/2021 at 11:38. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Update configure.docbook -- remove some superfluous verbiage. M +0-10 doc/kmail2/configure.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail/commit

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Fix some sloppy verbiage, correct a typographical error.

Git commit 7ba59856e46184c660d2309210f7b09933d04b08 by David Bryant. Committed on 12/02/2021 at 01:53. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Fix some sloppy verbiage, correct a typographical error. M +6-6doc/kmail2/using-kmail.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail/commit

[utilities/kate] doc/katepart: Minor grammatical correction (an adverb was used incorrectly).

Git commit 752704b9eb45d9b185b193c62e5f0f25f60c65c3 by David Bryant. Committed on 20/12/2020 at 14:27. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Minor grammatical correction (an adverb was used incorrectly). M +1-1doc/katepart/menus.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate

[utilities/kate] doc/kate: Minor grammatical correction (an adverb was used incorrectly).

Git commit 6cc4980d8b58b5cf08928931afb819c0026adf34 by David Bryant. Committed on 20/12/2020 at 14:19. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Minor grammatical correction (an adverb was used incorrectly). M +1-1doc/kate/menus.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/commit

KMail configuration

.3 / 20.08.3, which was just installed last Thursday.) Thank you. -- David Bryant signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Adding some icons to using-kmail.docbook, plus minor edits

Git commit 145382b569ba124f90022cca1279964e2ae1c643 by David Bryant. Committed on 03/11/2020 at 17:53. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Adding some icons to using-kmail.docbook, plus minor edits A +---doc/kmail2/document-decrypt.png A +---doc/kmail2/document-edit.png

Re: (Re)enable review notifications for doc components in this list?

On Thursday, October 29, 2020 4:16:04 AM CDT Luigi Toscano wrote: > Can I move forward and re-enable it? Sounds good to me. -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas https://davidcbryant.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

KMail2 configuration

;sendmail" running on a local area network, but since I don't have access to one of those, I can't easily test it to see how it works. And it would take far too long to understand the source code. Can anybody explain what this field is for / how it works? I'm trying to be as thorough as pos

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Update using-kmail.docbook -- fix release info as per Luigi.

Git commit b602ff5bb19314f89955923481886c8ca9d9 by David Bryant. Committed on 28/10/2020 at 11:25. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Update using-kmail.docbook -- fix release info as per Luigi. M +1-1doc/kmail2/using-kmail.docbook https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail/commit

[utilities/kbackup] doc/en: Update man-kbackup.1.docbook -- fix minor typos.

Git commit 92512652c2d3f7405a0715322a23d7cee1855f34 by David Bryant. Committed on 27/10/2020 at 22:34. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Update man-kbackup.1.docbook -- fix minor typos. M +2-2doc/en/man-kbackup.1.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kbackup/commit

Re: Menubar in Kolourpaint

ouldn't override global defaults like Ctrl+M. Meanwhile, it looks as if this is distro-related. I just built KolourPaint 20.04.3 from the Gentoo package, and the menu bar works as advertised. Which Linux Distro are you running, Hermann? (You may reply privately, and I'll try to help you.) David Br

[pim/akonadi-import-wizard] doc: Update index.docbook. I ran across a broken link in the KMail Handbook, and noticed the same error here. "pimsettingexporter" should read "pimdataexporter".

Git commit 3f56bcdc9dbc9e905ddbf419ca09e854d320cd26 by David Bryant. Committed on 21/10/2020 at 20:18. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Update index.docbook. I ran across a broken link in the KMail Handbook, and noticed the same error here. "pimsettingexporter" s

Updating KMail documentation

I have revised the first two chapters of the KMail index.docbook document, and I have added the changes to the Gitlab repository as branch "work/doc". You may view the changes here: https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail/-/commit/9315d47d87b61193d5ab2eb873e24e8e96be13fb I would appreciate some

Re: KDENlive

On Thursday, August 20, 2020 8:39:49 PM CDT Bruce Morrison wrote: > I can not find any help or documentation for KDEnlive. > Bruce Try the web site. https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual[1] -- David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas https://davidcbryant.net [1] https://userbase.k

[pim/kmail] doc/kmail2: Replace locally defined entities with entities from global "general.entities" where possible.

Git commit 818a3954eaa115349107308830d98d09c6454fda by David Bryant. Committed on 15/08/2020 at 19:46. Pushed by davidbryant into branch 'master'. Replace locally defined entities with entities from global "general.entities" where possible. Remove extraneous XML tags and regularize

KMail documentation / Licenses

I don't mind writing to each of them. I'm just not certain about the correct procedure to follow here. I understand the XML stuff fairly well. I need help with the legal stuff, though. Thanks! David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas davidbry...@gvtc.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally s

Re: [khelpcenter] [Bug 408690] Area containing Start Page text not properly displayed on KHelpCenter

On Sunday, April 19, 2020 11:34:20 AM CDT John Hayes wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=408690 > > John Hayes changed: > >What|Removed |Added > > CC|

Re: Documentation Primer typos, etc.

the unprintable character. I suppose that's because it's not a valid UTF-8 character ... when scanning text input, the "copy" function probably stops when it hits something unrecognizable. David Bryant Canyon Lake, Texas

Re: Can we revisit https://phabricator.kde.org/D10068

On Tuesday, October 8, 2019 5:59:15 AM CDT James Thornber wrote: > Thanks that worked a treat! :) > > However, there is absolutely no chance of me, or indeed any new user finding > that option! [snip ...] > I'm working on the KMail documentation, and I'll be sure to give that button some

Re: M155: KMail revamped

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 9:03:18 AM CDT Glen Ditchfield wrote: > gjditchfield added a comment. > > Bugzilla has a number of wishlist requests for a tabbed view; see > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117808. I was surprised to find out > that KMail already has one! I'd bet I'm not

Re: M155: KMail revamped

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 9:03:18 AM CDT Glen Ditchfield wrote: > gjditchfield added a comment. > > Bugzilla has a number of wishlist requests for a tabbed view; see > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117808. I was surprised to find out > that KMail already has one! I'd bet I'm not

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant added a comment. Well, I come back an hour later, and now it appears that the compressed files have been uploaded. Apparently there's some sort of time lag involved, because I've done nothing in the interim, but now the "diff" lines show the compressed file sizes.. REPOSITORY

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant added a comment. Well, I tried to fix it. But it appears something is broken. I double-checked. The file named "kaddressbook94.png" was 25.3 KB in both my root cloned directory and in my "/doc" sub-directory when I ran this last upload. But the audit trail above shows 75 KB. Any

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 67010. davidbryant added a comment. Doing it gain. It seems to be uploading the "/doc" subdirectory, and not the contents for the root cloned directory. This arc utility is very confusing. Guess I just have to check the result every time.

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant added a comment. I guess I'll have to do it again. I put the new images in the root directory, but "arc diff" actually uploaded the old copies of the images. Something about this process is very confusing, to me. REPOSITORY R204 KAddressBook BRANCH arcpatch-D22799 REVISION

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 67009. davidbryant added a comment. Uploading Compressed Images Sorry, Yuri. I misunderstood your comment, and did not realize you wanted me to compress the files. I didn't use that script ... I used a program called "pngquant". But the result is

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant added a comment. So I'm curious ... are there additional steps needed? It's been 11 days since Yuri said "ready to land". It looks as if this stuff needs to be moved into the GIT repository. Who's supposed to do that? When? In general, the procedures here seem somewhat

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant added a comment. It looks like it's good this time. Finally! Thanks for the help, y'all. REPOSITORY R204 KAddressBook REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D22799 To: davidbryant, #documentation, #kde_pim Cc: ltoscano, mlaurent, yurchor, lueck, ognarb, kde-pim,

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 66345. davidbryant added a comment. Trying once again to get all my changes uploaded. The version I thought was the current index.docbook is now in /doc subdirectory. I'm also pushing some totally inconsequential changes (extra white space inside

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant added a comment. "Have you committed the changes locally (git commit --amend)? As far as I know, arc diff simply tries to find the last commit and push it, updating the existing one if it is already there." I'm just following the directions Carl Schwan gave me. My

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant added a comment. I might be wrong, but it looks to me as if the "arc diff" function did not in fact upload the new versions of "docbook-reference.docbook" and "index.docbook" that I had placed in the root directory, and instead uploaded everything from the /doc directory, and

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 66293. davidbryant added a comment. Revising for checkXML5 editor Jack Ostroff and Yuri Chornoivan both told me I need to pay more attention to checkXML5. Document should be clean now. Added a little bit of CMakeList.txt stuff, per Yuri's

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 66263. davidbryant added a comment. Final Revision to KAddressBook Documentation. The new documentation for KAddressBook is now complete. I need help from somebody who understands KDE's procedures better than I do. I would like somebody to review

Re: D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:38:04 PM CDT Laurent Montel wrote: > mlaurent added a comment. > > > first at all thanks a lot for this documentation. > > What is the problem with ldap server ? > It's not a problem, exactly. I understand that "LDAP" stands for Lightweight Directory

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 65783. davidbryant added a comment. Added more sections to Appendix. Documentation is practically complete. I need help with LDAP. The new documentation for KAddressBook is practically complete. The only things left are two sections in the

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 65501. davidbryant added a comment. - Basic Document is Now Complete -- Completed Intro through Chapter 5. Glossary and appendices are not yet complete. I installed openSUSE LEAP 15,1, and now have a stable copy of KAddressBook version

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 65082. davidbryant added a comment. Tweaking a few images, switching all .svg files to .png format Small changes only in the verbisge. Converted all Scaleable Vector Graphics to Portable Network Graphics format, per Yuri's request. Cleaned up five

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 65016. davidbryant added a comment. Tweaking images, adding a new chapter, and appendng an appendix. I think all the images are clean, now. Most of the remaining changes will be to doc-reference.docbook (the appendix). I've been having horrible

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant added a comment. Yeah, Yuri Carl Schwan told me about /doc, and I had been doing that. But I recently bought a new PC, and in the process of moving everything off my old machine, I very stupidlly destroyed my cloned copy of the repo. Carl helped me get the index.docbook

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 64519. davidbryant added a comment. Updating index.docbook once again New PC, new OS, new screenshots all around. After several false starts, I think it's all patched up correctly REPOSITORY R204 KAddressBook CHANGES SINCE LAST UPDATE

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 63557. davidbryant added a comment. 1. Updating D22799 : Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version # Wrote another chapter and started coding a Glossary I need feedback from anyone who is

T11096: First-class user & developer documentation centralized on a portal

davidbryant added a comment. OK, so now I have a home page set up on the community wiki. https://community.kde.org/User:DavidCBryant One thing was really confusing: when I clicked on "Tasks and Tools", I was automatically signed out of the wiki. At least, that's what it seemed like,

T11096: First-class user & developer documentation centralized on a portal

davidbryant added a comment. Well, I'm too new around here to volunteer for much of anything. But I am willing to pitch in and help. I have contributed quite a lot of stuff to Wikipedia in the past.

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant marked 4 inline comments as done. davidbryant added a comment. Thanks for proofreading it, Yuri. I've corrected the typos on my local copy; they'll be fixed the next time I do a diff. REPOSITORY R204 KAddressBook REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D22799 To:

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 62970. davidbryant marked 3 inline comments as done. davidbryant added a comment. 1. Updating D22799 : Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version # Revising text a little; also adding a new

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 62874. davidbryant added a comment. 1. Updating D22799 : Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version # Incorporated changes suggested by Burkhard Lueck Remember, this is still a rough draft. I

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant updated this revision to Diff 62845. davidbryant added a comment. 1. Updating D22799 : Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version # I made the changes Lueck suggested, plus a few more cosmetic adjustments. I finally

D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

davidbryant marked 4 inline comments as done. davidbryant added a comment. In D22799#503532 , @ognarb wrote: > Thanks! > > Could you move all the images and index.docbook in a subdirectory with the name 'doc'? Hi, Carl. I got your

Re: D22799: Adding new .docbook for KAddressBook, draft version

On Sunday, July 28, 2019 11:08:30 PM CDT Burkhard Lück wrote: > lueck added a comment. > > Please use checkXML5 index.docbook to validate XML > I have been doing that. It appears to me that checkXML5 sometimes throws extraneous errors. For instance, if I put in xxx sometimes it gives me

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