[OLPC library] revision to the Manual

[Adam Floss]

Anyone have a spare couch?
Adam

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On Nov 18, 2008, at 9:45, "David Farning" <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>  
wrote:

> 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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