On Tuesday 01 September 2009 22:16, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> Nino Novak wrote:
> > I've just started to "wikify" the German Writer Guide and was
> > wondering if there are some tools or best practices around which
> > might be helpful.
> >
> > My current steps include
> > [...]
> >
> > 2. export (=save) images one by one (right click.. save)
> > [...]
>
> Your list summarises what I do, with one exception. For the images, I
> unzip the .odt file, extract the Pictures folder, and rename the
> pictures.
Nice! I did not think of this possibility at all!
> And as T.J. mentioned, I use his Basic code to convert the
> (filter-generated) table-format Note / Tip / Caution to the
> {{Documentation/Note(etc.)}} format used in the English user guides.
> But the German guide may use different coding for the Notes/etc.
Ill give it a try anyway (see my other post)
> Yes, the whole process is time-consuming. For me, step 4 takes the
> longest, because of the need to clean up cross-references between
> wiki pages, insert names of images, and clean up what you called
> "filter trash" (good term).
Right, but this feels somewhat more like "adding value" so I hadn't that
"vaste of time AND error prone if done by human" feeling ;-)
Nino
