[OLPC library] revision to the Manual

[David Farning]

It looks like Adam Hyde will be able to make it to Boston for the
closing weekend of SugarCamp!

I am hopping that whoever is in town and interested in documentation
will be able to get together and discussed what worked well and what
worked not so well with the initial manual release.

thanks
david

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Christoph Derndorfer
<e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> Anne,
>
> thanks so much for your continued efforts on the project, everyone I've
> shown my printed copies of the two manuals to has been thoroughly impressed!
>
> I also agree with your thoughts on timing updated revisions of the
> manuals in coordination with the Sugar / OLPC software release cycle.
>
> In terms of localization there are some efforts underway by Rita in
> Germany (CC'ed) and here in Vienna we've also discussed doing a
> translation sprint over a weekend, unfortunately we haven't found a date
> to actually sit down and do it.
>
> Since I'm currently gathering some materials for a post on olpcnews that
> I want to do on "how YOU can help" I was wondering whether you could
> maybe compile a short list of tasks that you see as being a priority
> when it comes to the FLOSS Manuals content.
>
> Thanks again for all the amazing work you're doing!! :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
> Anne Gentle | Just Write Click schrieb:
>> Say! Thanks for buying a copy, Kim! Very nice. :) I will certainly take
>> all edits and suggestions after you get a chance to review it and
>> completely understand you have other priorities at the moment.
>>
>> I've created a new print-ready PDF with the required corrections (change
>> in title, header, margins, blank last page) and I should be able to
>> approve that new proof this week (I hope.)
>>
>> Let's think about another revision after the new year, perhaps? Or
>> another good opportunity would be at the first software update.
>>
>> Everyone, if you see anything you want to change, either make the edits
>> yourself at flossmanuals.net <http://flossmanuals.net>, or log a trac
>> ticket if it's not something you're comfortable changing. I'll publish
>> to the "Write" side of FLOSS Manuals periodically so the online version
>> is up-to-date. Once we have enough edits (judgement call) I can publish
>> to HTML again for the Help Activity so the content can rev there too.
>>
>> Any additional feedback is welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anne
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Kimberley Quirk <kim at laptop.org
>> <mailto:kim at laptop.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Sounds great, Anne. I just got my copy in the mail today so I
>>     haven't had time to go through it more thoroughly (and I won't in
>>     the next few days, so please don't wait for my feedback).
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Kim
>>
>>     On Nov 16, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Anne Gentle | Just Write Click wrote:
>>
>>>     Hi all -
>>>
>>>     Lulu notified us that the header for the OLPC Laptop Guide book is
>>>     not meeting their half-inch margin requirement for the headers, so
>>>     I have the opportunity to make a revision.
>>>
>>>     We've changed the the G1G1 header to "OLPC LAPTOP USERS GUIDE"
>>>     (all caps is part of the design style choice for the book) and
>>>     moved it down on the page enough to meet Lulu's print requirements.
>>>
>>>     The revised book also contains new revisions in the chapter
>>>     pertaining to the keyboard test based on feedback via a comment.
>>>
>>>     I will also be able to change the download setting so that the PDF
>>>     will be directly available from Lulu rather than only on FLOSS
>>>     Manuals.
>>>
>>>     Before I purchase yet another proof copy, are there any other
>>>     revisions you would like to see? I can't make promises since I'm
>>>     going to order the proof copy ASAP but I wanted to ensure that you
>>>     know about this unexpected window of opportunity.
>>>
>>>     Thanks,
>>>     Anne
>>>
>>>     --
>>>     Anne Gentle
>>>     email: annegentle at justwriteclick.com
>>>     <mailto:annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
>>>     blog: www.justwriteclick.com <http://www.justwriteclick.com>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Anne Gentle
>> email: annegentle at justwriteclick.com <mailto:annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
>> blog: www.justwriteclick.com <http://www.justwriteclick.com>
>>
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