Qs on the kids doc for XO

[Samuel Klein]

Hello Anne,

HTML and PDF are the best formats for books and text.
we are using xbook to read pdf's, a flavor of evince.
It isn't currently compiled to read djvu; that's on the
list of features for update 1.

For the simplified guide : there are images from the 608 demo guide that 
would make good additions.  And I would recommend starting the translation 
pages with links to the older translations, but not with the older texts 
themselves; the first translators will have a chance to copy over any 
useful material.


As for requesting laptops, you can submit a proposal to the developer's 
program but you are right that this is primarily for people developing new 
materials, not for summer camps such as you describe.

You can leave other requests on the laptop requests page:
   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Laptop_requests

Cheers,
SJ


On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Anne Gentle wrote:

>
> 2) Where can I learn more about the e-book format used on the XO? I
> found the page http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ebook_collections that states
> that there are 4 supported eBook formats for the XO, namely DejaVU,
> Acrobat, HTML or XML (OpenDocument qualifies here). I guess I just
> read about each format individually and wait until my XO arrives and I
> can try it out in person. Or, is there a way to launch a PDF using the
> emulator? I can emulate Sugar on Windows. Any ideas would be welcome.
>
> 3) I'm still learning my way around the wiki itself (as SJ can attest
> to upon seeing my talk page abilities!) :) Is there value in taking
> already translated documents from a previous version of the end user
> documentation and putting it into the Simplified_user_guide on
> translation pages, or is that to be avoided because the translation
> would be out of sync with the current English version?