Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Weekly update

2016-02-22 Thread Patrick Dickey
HI everyone, As for the Advanced Topics, most of won’t change. The terminal commands section and the file system structure definitely won’t change. As for securing Ubuntu, it might change in that the window you use may be modified, but most of it will still be the same (password strength,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual Bug 1103679

2014-10-28 Thread Patrick Dickey
I'm not sure how well this would work, but you could try importing the manual into Scrivener and converting it. They convert to various formats including .pdf, .epub, and I believe Amazon's format as well. If I think of it this weekend, I can try importing the manual in. One site that I saw

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] The next step

2014-10-20 Thread Patrick Dickey
Patrick Dickey - LTS Only With the caveat that if we do get enough contributors, we could start doing every revision (or if there are major changes in the interim releases, we make an addendum for those). -Original Message- From: Ubuntu-manual [mailto:ubuntu-manual-bounces+pdickeybeta

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Revisions on a section

2014-10-18 Thread Patrick Dickey
I'll +1 this , with the suggestion that you keep it short and to the point. Maybe add it as a recommendation for creating a strong password (or as an alternative). Have a great day.:) Patrick. Original Message- From: Ubuntu-manual

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Merge with the Ubuntu Docs team?

2014-07-15 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Kevin, My responses are inline. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Sun, 2014-07-13 at 14:50 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote: I just wanted to jump in and clarify a couple things: 1. The desktop documentation that I mentioned is what you see if you search for 'help' in the Dash. It's also

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Merge with the Ubuntu Docs team?

2014-07-15 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Elizabeth, Out of curiosity, how difficult is it to convert from regular text to DocBook? I'm looking at the idea of being able to combine both projects, and have the authors write in plain text, and someone else convert to DocBook for the Documentation Team, and someone to convert to LaTeX

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Merge with the Ubuntu Docs team?

2014-07-15 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi everyone, I'm going to divide this up into two sections. The first is the UMP, and the second is merging with the docs-team. UMP: How about we just do one edition every April? This will do a few things. First, it will keep everyone involved. Second, we'll hit every LTS release, and the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Merge with the Ubuntu Docs team?

2014-07-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
My personal opinion is that we should make it an off-shoot of the docs team. In other words, we could join their team, but we should still produce some type of manual. In fact, they could probably help us do it quicker (since they've got more people and *should* know what changes are happening

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Merge with the Ubuntu Docs team?

2014-07-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
Sorry for the second email, but I just read through the minutes. 1. I didn't join the docs team because I didn't realize that I could contribute there. When I joined the Manual, it was more a oh, I can help out? OK type of thing. 2. The benefit of the manual is that it's written in plain-English

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] (no subject)

2014-05-06 Thread Patrick Dickey
+1 here too. We need to get more people interested, for a lot of reasons. If nothing else, so they can jump in and help out in a pinch. Maybe we can get enough people to have teams for each section. That way if one can't do it, the other(s) can pick up the slack. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On

[Ubuntu-manual] A suggestion for the upcoming cycles (14.04.1 and 14.10)

2014-05-05 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi everyone, I'll admit that I'm guilty of letting my section slide a bit this past cycle. Luckily enough, it's a section that doesn't change very much. I bit off more than I could chew, and time flew by faster than I expected. That being said, I'd like to make a suggestion for the upcoming

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Editing Phase

2014-04-01 Thread Patrick Dickey
I would say that you both want to email Kevin, as he's the project manager. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 17:35 -0400, Thomas Corwin wrote: Mehmet, Just to let you know, I ma currently an author for the Ubuntu team and this is now my third contribution, I was

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Setting up the schedule for Ubuntu Documentation Day on Sunday, March 2nd

2014-02-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Elizabeth, I'm not sure about Hannie. She posted a message a week or so ago, stating that she'll be away until March 8 or so. You might need to send her a private email to find out her plans. As for myself, 2100 works for me (as it's early afternoon here). I'll have to set a few alarms,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: [Ubuntu-Classroom] Ubuntu Classroom sessions for Documentation

2013-12-02 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Elizabeth, et al. Depending on what the actual schedule is, I *may* be able to attend and help Thomas answer questions. I work some really odd hours (third shift in the US, and then teach on a couple of days and tutor on a couple of others), so I can't make any guarantees. Also, you might

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Finding a new printer/publisher

2013-11-29 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Kevin, Out of curiosity how did you come across CreateSpace and Lulu (I'm guessing you inherited lulu, as we've probably been using them forever). And has lulu been able to (or even working on) fix the issues they had? I'm guessing that you want a publisher who will publish CC-SA licensed

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] French and Spanish manuals pulled from CreateSpace

2013-11-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
Out of curiosity, why did we move from lulu.com to CreateSpace? I remember you telling us about the move (but don't remember the reasons). I see that Lulu is also affiliated with Amazon, Barnes Noble, and other booksellers. Maybe it's time to look at them again. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

2013-11-11 Thread Patrick Dickey
Godby wrote: On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Patrick Dickey pdickeyb...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with Chris below. Also, if we find that it doesn't increase the sales (by having more than one distribution channel), I'd find out if you can go back to just CreateSpace + Amazon for the lower cost

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

2013-11-10 Thread Patrick Dickey
I agree with Chris below. Also, if we find that it doesn't increase the sales (by having more than one distribution channel), I'd find out if you can go back to just CreateSpace + Amazon for the lower cost. If so, I'd give it from the next manual (the LTS) to the following LTS manual, and decide

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] differences Saucy / previous versions

2013-09-19 Thread Patrick Dickey
I think that could be a good addition to either Chapter 1 or the Preface. Sort of a Changes in this version section. Although I'd only hit on the major differences, especially if some of the minor ones are covered later in the manual. If they're discussed later on in the manual, maybe we could add

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] differences Saucy / previous versions

2013-09-19 Thread Patrick Dickey
They are Restart and Shut Down and unless they change the functionality, it's sort of pointless to have both. Just saying. ;-) As they both do the same thing, and they both use the exact same dialog box. On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 07:21 -0700, Jim Connett wrote: I like this idea. Create a new

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A reminder about margin notes, and a question about HUD

2013-09-17 Thread Patrick Dickey
That is confusing. What is also confusing, is that I tried left Alt, and it didn't work. I didn't get the search bar until I reset it to Alt+L. Before that, I got nothing at all. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Tue, 2013-09-17 at 10:11 +0200, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: Hi Enrico, It is a bit

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A reminder about margin notes, and a question about HUD

2013-09-16 Thread Patrick Dickey
I don't have HUD working on my laptop. Although it's old enough that it might not be running a true version of Unity Desktop. So that might be why. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 12:13 -0700, Jim Connett wrote: Sayantan, thanks for your reply. The HUD issue was on my end.

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A reminder about margin notes, and a question about HUD

2013-09-16 Thread Patrick Dickey
This is what I had to do also. I didn't pay attention, but I think before, it showed Alt L and after I reset it, it said Alt+L. Maybe this should also go into the troubleshooting section (a general troubleshooting on keyboard shortcuts with the HUD as an example). Have a great day.:) Patrick. On

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Minutes from August 24th meeting

2013-08-24 Thread Patrick Dickey
From the full log, it looks like you sent an email to someone. In the email, you said you don't want to be an author, but you want to continue working on the Wine Section (and you're also making your own manual for Wine on Ubuntu). So it looks like they've removed you from the authors, and are

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Reminders...

2013-08-16 Thread Patrick Dickey
I'm already signed up for the Listening to Audio and Music section. I should have time this weekend to check it out (although from what I've seen it may not need a lot of updating). If it's pretty much done, I'll probably grab another section too. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Fri, 2013-08-16

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] No version number

2013-08-14 Thread Patrick Dickey
Would it be possible to do a search through the .tex files for 13, and if it's found then contact the appropriate author/editor to check into it? I'm going on the assumption that it wouldn't be too difficult to do this, of course. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Tue, 2013-08-13 at 12:16 -0700,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] in or on the Launcher?

2013-08-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
I would say if it's going to be visible when the launcher is, then on the launcher, but if it's putting an icon in the list of items when you click the top most button, then it would be in the launcher or more accurately in the list of applications. Just my .02 worth. Have a great day.:)

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Becoming a Designer

2013-08-11 Thread Patrick Dickey
The most recent test site for the new design is at http://wptest.ubuntu-manual.org and the original test site is at http://test.ubuntu-manual.org The newest is on WordPress, and the older is on Django. If Pratheesh wants to help out, he needs to contact Kevin Godby. Have a great day.:) Patrick.

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Advanced Topic Chapter

2013-08-04 Thread Patrick Dickey
Thomas, Kevin answered your question about the errors above. Try running sudo apt-get install ttf-linux-libertine and see if it's installed. If not, then it will be, and you should be able to make the manual. Plus, for you (or me for that matter), it probably doesn't matter about the font (as

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: (Ubuntu-Manual) Advanced Topic Chapter

2013-07-29 Thread Patrick Dickey
How much work would it be to add a couple of pages at the end of the book, with all of the common shortcuts, and maybe link them back to the respective sections in the book (if there are sections on that topic)? Have a great day.:) Patrick. P.S. If that's not an option, then I would suggest

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: (Ubuntu-Manual) Advanced Topic Chapter

2013-07-29 Thread Patrick Dickey
, 2013-07-29 at 15:21 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote: On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Patrick Dickey pdickeyb...@gmail.com wrote: How much work would it be to add a couple of pages at the end of the book, with all of the common shortcuts, and maybe link them back to the respective sections

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Google Docs

2013-07-19 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Hannie, This all stems from way back, when I noticed that the Advanced Topics and Troubleshooting chapters were reversed on the spreadsheet. That was fixed, but the author and editor information wasn't. So I mentioned it to Jim, and he fixed the author names (but must have missed their email

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Getting started?

2013-07-19 Thread Patrick Dickey
Just out of curiosity, was that meant for the Ubuntu Documentation team or for the Ubuntu Manual team? I only ask, because the bzr commands look to be for the Ubuntu Documentation team (along with some of the other information from the page). If it's meant for the Docs team, I can't say for sure

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Google Docs

2013-07-18 Thread Patrick Dickey
The only changes that *should* have been made, are to the Advanced Topics and Troubleshooting Chapters. They were reversed before. Thomas, you're still listed as doing the Advanced Topics chapter (at least the Wine section)--or at least you should be listed that way. It's been a bit of a confusing

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Quickshot problems

2013-07-16 Thread Patrick Dickey
or less, a wrapper around GTK). That would be a real mess, even if this issue is fixed, it's likely to grow incompatible again with the next major version of GTK3. Am 15.06.2013 01:21, schrieb Patrick Dickey: Hi Jörn, I'll put it in the wishlist (but as you said, it's a low

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Packaging new software

2013-07-09 Thread Patrick Dickey
That's what I was referring to also. For most applications, it downloads the application in your specific language (at least that's the assumption I have). I guess my question was, since we'll be packaging it (and possibly hosting a PPA for the manual), can we set it up so the user downloads in

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Packaging new software

2013-07-08 Thread Patrick Dickey
Wouldn't the additional languages just fall under localized versions of the overall package? What I mean is, would we have to create a separate Software Center package for each language, or would the Software Center automatically install the appropriate language based on your locale? Have a great

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Serious downtime

2013-07-06 Thread Patrick Dickey
You might want to search for installing ubuntu on HP Compaq 2934 though. Just because if it's running Windows 8, then it's most likely using UEFI Secure Boot. So you'll want to make sure you can disable (or update the keys for) that. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Fri, 2013-07-05 at 21:29

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] To all editors (Saucy)

2013-07-03 Thread Patrick Dickey
Here's a link to the milestones on the launchpad site for saucy https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/saucy From the site, it looks like these are the milestones: 1st draft due 09-19-2013 edited draft due 10-03-2013 public draft due 10-07-2013 final draft due 10-14-2013 release due 10-17-2013 So,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Scripted installation of backported texlive packages in 12.04

2013-06-15 Thread Patrick Dickey
.:) Patrick. On Sat, 2013-06-15 at 10:59 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: On 15/06/13 00:16, Patrick Dickey wrote: For what it's worth, I'd say point to the lubuntu.net site. They have the direct download links, and it's a much shorter url to put in than cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/. (Plus, you'd

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Obtaining Lubuntu

2013-06-15 Thread Patrick Dickey
If you're asking about the freeze for the Ubuntu Manual, you can find the milestones in https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg04154.html (in your client, ti's an email from Hannie on June 7, 2013). I don't think the Lubuntu Manual has set milestones yet, but I'd guess they'll follow the UMP

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Gummi

2013-06-15 Thread Patrick Dickey
In the past, the team gave authors a choice between working with the .tex files, or submitting their text in Google Docs format. That was either for the Precise or both the Precise and Quantal editions, but they didn't do it in the Raring edition. It was too much work for the editors to go through

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Quickshot problems

2013-06-14 Thread Patrick Dickey
One thing that I'd like to see happen (if possible) is that instead of it creating a user called Quickshot, it creates the John Doe or whatever generic username is appropriate for the person's language. That will help for those people who already upgraded, and are using their main system for

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Lubuntu Manual Meeting? or some thing

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
Might I suggest making a copy of the spreadsheet and renaming it to reflect that it's for the Lubuntu Manual, and keeping it in the same Google Docs folder/account as the current one? I'm suggesting this because while the content will change, the chapters will pretty much remain the same. And in

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Lubuntu Manual Meeting? or some thing

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
On Thu, 2013-06-13 at 16:41 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: OK, there is now a second sheet at [1] called Saucy L for the Lubuntu Manual. Most of the Chapter names can be left intact. I've modified a couple to reflect Lubuntu. Any suggestions for replacements for the following? * The

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Lubuntu Manual Meeting? or some thing

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
+0100, Yorvyk wrote: On 13/06/13 16:20, Yorvyk wrote: On 13/06/13 11:39, Patrick Dickey wrote: Might I suggest making a copy of the spreadsheet and renaming it to reflect that it's for the Lubuntu Manual, and keeping it in the same Google Docs folder/account as the current one? I'm

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Lubuntu Manual Meeting? or some thing

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
-0500, Patrick Dickey wrote: Also the link you referenced in your email opens up the Authors and Editors 13.04 doc--not Saucy L (at least that's how it appears to me). You might need to share it with those of us who are going to help out, so we can see the other file. Have a great day

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Quickshot 2.0 - Creating a PPA

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
for it. I'm still poking around for complete information on porting the code to GTK+ 3. Thanks! Thomas Corwin Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Patrick Dickey pdickeyb...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sure once you're ready with code, the branch can be unlocked. Plus any changes you

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Upstream vs packaged texlive

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
You might want to contact the maintainers of the texlive ppa to see if they'd be willing to help (or take it over). Let them know that it works on 12.04, and what changes you needed to make to get it working. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Thu, 2013-06-13 at 12:50 -0400, Jeremy Bicha wrote:

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Lubuntu Manual PDF can now be built

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Jonathon, I tweaked your script a little, as I've already got a Projects directory and the upstream Tex-Live installed. When I ran the install-pkgs.sh script as part of your script, it says that I don't have any Tex-Live installed at all. Here's a copy/paste of the results of your script and

[Ubuntu-manual] [Fwd: Re: Quickshot 2.0 - Creating a PPA]

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
On 13 June 2013 11:47, Patrick Dickey pdickeyb...@gmail.com wrote: I'll dig around too this weekend. It might not be as big of a deal as we think. Also instead of searching for Porting Python from PyGTK2 to PyGTK3 or something like that, maybe look for differences between PyGTK2 and PyGTK3

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Lubuntu Manual Meeting? or some thing

2013-06-13 Thread Patrick Dickey
13, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Patrick Dickey pdickeyb...@gmail.com wrote: Forget this email I really need to actually SLEEP for more than 4 hours once in a while. :P I didn't realize there was another tab at the bottom. I'm not used to looking

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Quickshot 2.0 - Creating a PPA

2013-06-10 Thread Patrick Dickey
Also I know that the .NET projects have issues with open source licenses (that are not MPL compatible). I'm not sure whether Mono/C# has those issues or not. It's more to do with Microsoft allowing (or not allowing) their libraries to be used in Open Source licensed applications (read as GPL).

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Quickshot 2.0 - Creating a PPA

2013-06-10 Thread Patrick Dickey
On the link that Hannie provides, if you follow through the thread (or read it in an email client), you'll see that Neil Tallim had offered to help out in what ways he could with getting it running. Maybe if we figure out what needs to be done to get it working on 13.10, we can ask Neil for

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Upstream vs packaged texlive

2013-06-10 Thread Patrick Dickey
to tweak it and do whatever you need to it. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 10:39 -0700, Jonathan Marsden wrote: Patrick, On Mon, Jun 10, 2013, at 04:22 AM, Patrick Dickey wrote: Well the nice thing about all of this is, if you create the script for the lubuntu

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Upstream vs packaged texlive

2013-06-09 Thread Patrick Dickey
I'm sure Kevin or Hannie will reply to this also, but here's my .02 worth. Awhile back, the packaged version was limited and behind compared to the upstream version. Plus we also make in different languages, so I'm not sure how well the packaged version fares with those. Whether that's still the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A Little Help

2013-06-03 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Thomas, My answers are inline to your questions... On Sun, 2013-06-02 at 21:37 -0400, Thomas Corwin wrote: Hello everyone! I have a few questions for you all. They will all help with the Wine section of the manual. 1. Do you use a Windows OS? Only when I have to :D (I do have both

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] keep tabs What does it mean?

2013-05-28 Thread Patrick Dickey
It's easy to miss. The author probably thought it sounded right (which being an idiom aside, it did). The editor probably didn't think anything of it, because they understood what was meant. And the proof-readers probably thought the same thing. In other words, while it should have been avoided,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] New authors coordinator

2013-05-16 Thread Patrick Dickey
Congratulations Jim. And thanks for everything John. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Thu, 2013-05-16 at 08:43 +0200, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: Hello all, As John decided to step down as our authors coordinator, we were looking for, and found a new one: Jim. Jim has already contributed

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Stepping down as Author Coordinator

2013-05-09 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi John, Best of luck with the race car. Is that something that would be televised anywhere, or just something between colleges and universities? As for the manual and the project, I'd say we're here and will take whatever you can offer. Even if it's only a few minutes each cycle. I'll second

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Saucy Salamander

2013-05-01 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Craig, If you go into your Projects directory (in a terminal) and run the bzr branch lp:ubuntu-manual ubuntu-manual-saucy command (on the Authors page, it still says raring, it will create the branch. They've already migrated over to the saucy branch. There really isn't anything that can be

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Saucy Salamander

2013-04-28 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Craig and everyone, When it gets closer to the time, Kevin, John, or Hannie will send out a schedule of milestones. Typically the writing phase ends around Feature Freeze, and the editing phase ends about a week or so before the release date (which we're shooting to coincide with the actual

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.04 is now available

2013-04-26 Thread Patrick Dickey
Awesome job to everyone!!! :) On Thu, 2013-04-25 at 17:17 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote: Hello, everyone. Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.04 is now available! You can download a copy of the new manual from our website at http://ubuntu-manual.org/. Printed copies will soon be available for

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual

2013-04-20 Thread Patrick Dickey
Just out of curiosity, is the 06-root-directories.png file there? I ask, because Hannie uploaded it early on, but whenever I pull and make, that screenshot is missing (and it's missing from the draft version also). It's one that gets re-used every manual, as it will only change if the entire Linux

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Manual

2013-04-20 Thread Patrick Dickey
a great day.:) Patrick. On Sat, 2013-04-20 at 17:12 +0200, Carsten Gerlach wrote: Hi Patrick, Am 20.04.2013 16:35, schrieb Patrick Dickey: Just out of curiosity, is the 06-root-directories.png file there? I ask, because Hannie uploaded it early on, but whenever I pull and make

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] New LaTeX commands

2013-04-15 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Tony, and everyone else, I'm going to snip most of the quote to get to the heart of what I'm replying to. Finally, a third command I'm considering: the \version command. This command is metadata that the authors and editors add so we can track

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: editors phase raring - software-management.tex Proofread

2013-04-12 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi David, You should be able to do this to commit the changes: 1. Copy the file(s) that you edited to another folder (just in case someone else edited them also). 2. In your /home/username/Projects/ubuntu-manual-raring directory (in a terminal), type bzr pull (If that gives you an error, try

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Wubi to be dropped in 13.04

2013-04-05 Thread Patrick Dickey
About time. lol Sorry. I've spent some time in the #ubuntu irc channel, and pretty much everyone who uses wubi has issues. It really wasn't a great idea in the first place. Just my .02 worth about that. And I agree that if they drop it, it shouldn't be in the manual. Although if someone does

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshots for the Raring release

2013-04-03 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Mario, I think it was agreed because names like John Doe or John Q. Public are commonly recognized as placeholders. Just my .02 worth though. Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 12:38 -0700, Mario H. Burgos wrote: OK. I did not recall the Jonh Doe username being agreed on

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Edits to 'Working with Ubuntu' done...withquestions.

2013-04-02 Thread Patrick Dickey
Personally, I think they're all buttons. At least everything on the launcher is a button. As for the lenses inside of the Dash button, I'd call them views. But I'm not sure how you would handle that in the .tex formatting. If we have something in the desktop chapter about switching views

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] How to commit code

2013-03-30 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Jim, Were you able to push your commits now? If not, just try bzr push and it will guide you from there. What I typically use (because it came up when I did bzr push) is bzr push :parent Have a great weekend. :) Patrick. On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Jim Connett jimandma...@gmail.com

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] How to commit code

2013-03-27 Thread Patrick Dickey
I think I tried Bazaar Explorer once or twice a while back. And I've tried Ground Control (when it was being developed at least). One thing that we should make clear is, if you're using a GUI and are having problems, let us know that. All of the steps that I gave Mehmet earlier were command line

[Ubuntu-manual] Some questions on the Troubleshooting Chapter

2013-03-22 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Kevin, John, et al. I'm working on the troubleshooting chapter, and noticed a few comments in the pages. The first is that the information on reinstalling GRUB isn't updated for Grub2, and the second is a subsection on checking your file system (withheld until future manual versions). My

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] LibreOffice Upload

2013-03-22 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Mehmet, I found this link, which is a five minute tutorial on bazaar (bzr). http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/latest/en/mini-tutorial/ It might help to clear up some of the confusion around using bzr. And sadly, part of the confusion probably came from me. You need to commit the changes you made

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Help

2013-03-22 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Mehmet, First off, you did fine as far as committing and uploading your changes. It looks like you opened the office-apps.tex file, but saved it as LibreOffice. What you can do is open both files, and copy any changes from the LibreOffice file to the office-apps.tex file. Then save the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Guidelines: Getting started as author

2013-03-21 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Mehmet, and welcome to the team. I'll take a shot at this, and someone else can correct me if I'm wrong in any places. So, the steps are these (I'm going on the assumption that you've joined the team and set up your ssh keys on launchpad. If not, you'll want to follow the steps on the Authors

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] [Bulk] Files (gnome 3.6)

2013-03-19 Thread Patrick Dickey
I think the goal is to make it as seamless of a transition for Windows and Mac users as possible. Which means they have to dumb it down enough for the user to feel comfortable. Kind of like crawling before you walk, so to speak. The real power behind Linux has always been the command line (IMHO),

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Re: Quick Question...

2013-03-16 Thread Patrick Dickey
I would say yes and add that it could be a part of a topic on the differences between running Windows applications and Linux applications (or something along those lines). Have a great weekend.:) Patrick. On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 08:52 +0100, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: From: Thomas Corwin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Re: Quick Question...

2013-03-16 Thread Patrick Dickey
for it would be advanced topics, of course there must be a reference to it on alternative apps section that exist in Working with Ubuntu chapter. Cheers, -John 2013/3/16 Patrick Dickey pdickeyb...@gmail.com I would say yes and add that it could be a part of a topic

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Nautilus 3.6

2013-03-15 Thread Patrick Dickey
If nothing else, I could expand the Advanced Topics chapter a bit, to include adding PPA's and making changes like that. With the obvious warnings that it's not a recommended or supported approach. And I could use the adding a PPA to get this back as an example of how to do it. On a slightly

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Missing screenshot for Raring Manual

2013-03-11 Thread Patrick Dickey
-directories.png to LP. Hannie Op 11-03-13 02:17, Patrick Dickey schreef: Hi everyone, I know this is early in the process, but I wanted to point it out now before we get rushed. In the Advanced Topics chapter, there's a screenshot of the root directories. That's one that is always carried over

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Guidelines: Getting started as author

2013-03-10 Thread Patrick Dickey
Something to note also. On the TeXLive Installation document, the screenshots don't show the option to create symlinks. You really want to do that, otherwise you might run into problems later on. I know that in the past, people have ran into issues because they didn't do that the first time

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Guidelines: Getting started as author

2013-03-10 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi everyone, As always, I do have the script that I wrote, which should set everything up for you. I've tested it, and now I'm submitting it as an attachment on a reply to this email. Some notes to keep in mind: 1. The script assumes you've done everything above the Downloading the bzr Branch

[Ubuntu-manual] Missing screenshot for Raring Manual

2013-03-10 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi everyone, I know this is early in the process, but I wanted to point it out now before we get rushed. In the Advanced Topics chapter, there's a screenshot of the root directories. That's one that is always carried over from manual to manual, as it doesn't change (unless the entire filesystem

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Raring series authors and openings

2013-02-28 Thread Patrick Dickey
], *Using Software center [s] Joel Pickett * Listening to Music [s], *Other sources[s] Mike Romard*Getting Online [s] Patrick Dickey *Advanced Topics [C] Don't forget to send me a reply this information is valid ! -- Now for the openings, the are available chapters/section

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Translation scope

2013-02-08 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Hannie, I'd say that since scopes are just views (another way of writing them in English at least), you could probably handle it however you would normally in Dutch. By that, I mean if you have another word for views (like we do with scopes) then you could probably substitute that in place (or

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Meeting today at 21:00 UTC

2013-01-28 Thread Patrick Dickey
No worse than me. I woke up at 3:30 and didn't even think about the meeting until I saw the emails an hour later. :$ Have a great week:) Patrick. On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 08:13 +, Chris Woollard wrote: I am a plum. I watched Top Gear then forgot all about the meeting. Sorry.

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Editors raring version

2013-01-19 Thread Patrick Dickey
I added my name to the chapter that I've worked in the past. If no one else does Troubleshooting, I'll take it also--but I want to wait to see if Mario wants to do it again. Have a great weekend.:) Patrick. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Vibhav Pant vibh...@ubuntu.com wrote: Added name to

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

2012-12-17 Thread Patrick Dickey
As a side note (and slightly off-topic), if you find anything that's not translated correctly, make sure you submit a bug to the appropriate team for fixing. I couldn't tell you exactly where, but I'm sure it's on launchpad. Glad you got everything sorted out. Have a great day:) Patrick. On

[Ubuntu-manual] Information about the Raring Release schedule

2012-11-02 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi everyone, I mentioned this in a private email thread, and it was suggested that we post it to the entire mailing list. Muktware has an article up that says that Ubuntu is dropping their Alpha Releases, and promising more stable development. One thing mentioned in the article is that they plan

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Open Week

2012-10-19 Thread Patrick Dickey
That's around 1100 my time, so if I don't have to work that evening, I'll try to attend. What is on the agenda for that discussion? Have a great weekend.:) Patrick. On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 17:35 +0200, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: To all, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek/quantal/Timetable.

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu Open Week

2012-10-19 Thread Patrick Dickey
You could possibly touch on the process that we go through, and the tools that we use (laTeX, bzr, etc). Have a great day:) Patrick. On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 17:54 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote: Hey, Patrick. On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Patrick Dickey pdickeyb...@gmail.com wrote: That's

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Amazon off switch now commented in Chapter 2

2012-10-06 Thread Patrick Dickey
I haven't dug into this any more, but Muktware is reporting that the latest update to Unity has the on/off switch in it. http://www.muktware.com/4496/now-you-will-be-able-disable-amazon-search-results-unity Have a great day:) Patrick. On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 20:36 -0700, Jim Connett wrote: Sorry

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot for android device connected to Rhythmbox

2012-10-03 Thread Patrick Dickey
So, there are only 32 screenshots that need to be redone (or tweaked in some fashion). One that you marked was 05-ubuntutweak-ppa.png. I haven't re-looked at it, but I think I just took the actual page without the entire browser. That's why it doesn't look like a webpage. I'm trying to remember,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Released with New Features

2012-09-28 Thread Patrick Dickey
in the section as well. Have a great weekend.:) Patrick. On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 23:10 -0400, Jeremy Bicha wrote: On 28 September 2012 20:18, Patrick Dickey pdickeyb...@gmail.com wrote: How about dividing the list of lenses into two categories -- Offline and Online (with an explanation that offline

[Ubuntu-manual] [Fwd: The Fridge: Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 2 Released!]

2012-09-27 Thread Patrick Dickey
Just a friendly update that Beta 2 is out (I haven't read through my emails yet to see if this has been posted already or not). Have a great day:) Patrick. ---BeginMessage--- bin7DBA1FwSTl.bin Description: x-evolution/evolution-rss-feed ---End Message---

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] 12.10 Ubuntu Desktop edits done

2012-09-25 Thread Patrick Dickey
If you decide to go with the Dash, you'll have to fix one of my menu items in the Advanced Topics section. I think it says DashSystem Settings or something like that. But I do remember it saying Dash something. I'll keep an eye on this thread, and when the final decision is made, I'll edit that

[Ubuntu-manual] Quickshot on Ubuntu 12.04 (haven't tried this on 12.10 yet).

2012-09-23 Thread Patrick Dickey
I started playing around with the source code from Quickshot, just to see whether it would install and run in 12.04. What I found is if you install quickly, python-wnck, and python-babel before you try 'python setup.py install', it installs (you might have to run python setup.py build first

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Feedback: Current status of your sections

2012-09-06 Thread Patrick Dickey
I'm guessing that the 64-bit Mac works on both PC's and Mac's then? (question for anyone who has already downloaded and used it, I mean) Have a great day:) Patrick. On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 22:24 +0200, Carsten Gerlach wrote: Hi, Am 06.09.2012 17:44, schrieb Carsten Gerlach: Is this the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Feedback: Current status of your sections

2012-09-05 Thread Patrick Dickey
After a short (about four day) hiatus due to a motherboard that decided to die, I'm back on. I'll install beta 1 this weekend, and start looking over my section (although I'm pretty sure nothing major has changed in it). Then I'll start looking at what screenshots are needed, and coordinate with

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