[OLPC library] revision to the Manual

[David Farning]

I will forward your request to the SugarCamp planning area.

David

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Adam Floss <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> Anyone have a spare couch?
> Adam
>
> This is probably sent while in transit
>
>
> 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>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> <mailto:annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
>>>> blog: www.justwriteclick.com <http://www.justwriteclick.com>
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