Hello again. I would like to make some additional improvements to the English documentation, as follows:
1. Add documentation about Object / Align, including screenshots of all 10 types of align (left, center, right, top, middle, bottom, spread out horizontally, spread out vertically, adjacent, stacked). 2. Add more documentation on lines, especially zigzagline. Discuss how to connect, move, and shape lines. 3. Correct some grammar issues in Chapter 6 -- Selecting objects. Also include some examples and screenshots for how to select objects using mouse drag, mouse click, etc. Is it OK for me to go ahead and do this? Should I create separate bugzilla tickets for each of these or can I include them in bug #455400? Also, I still would like answers to my questions about how to find and download uncommitted documentation patches (so I can start with the latest versions). Thanks. Mark Dexter On 7/30/07, Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Thomas. Thanks for the quick reply. I think I understand most of > this now. I still have two questions. > > 1. How do I download the patch to apply? I looked at bugzilla and at the > svn web site and couldn't figure this out. > 2. How do I know which patches to download and apply? Is there a way to > see a list of all uncommitted doc patches? I know to do patch #439974. Are > there others I should also do? > > Thanks again. Mark Dexter > > > On 7/30/07, Thomas Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 09:04:59AM -0700, Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley > > wrote: > > > Hello again, Thomas. I have tried to work through the instructions in > > your > > > e-mail below, but I still have some questions. I apologize for being > > such a > > > newbie on this stuff, but I'm anxious to learn more about how this > > process > > > works. The good news is that I have written some additional > > documentation > > > for the Object Alignment area as well as for text entry. So I just > > need to > > > figure out how to get this back into the repository without breaking > > > anything. > > > > You and me cannot write back the stuff ourselves: that is maintainer's > > work. All we have to do is to post the patches in bugzilla. > > > > > Here are my specific questions. > > > > > > 1. I did the command "svn co > > > http://svn.gnome.org/svn/dia/trunk/doc/en > > > <http://svn.gnome.org/svn/dia/trunk/doc/en/usage-objects.xml > > >" > > > and it appears to have built a local copy of the repository. > > > > Correct, good point. > > > > > 2. I did the command "svn update" and it says "At revision 3732." > > > > OK > > > > > 3. I think I know how to make the file edits I want to make, but I'm > > not > > > clear about how to find and commit uncommitted changes (e.g., #439974 > > and > > > any others). Is there an svn command I need to run to do this? > > > > Simply download the patch you want to apply, then go into the top of > > source directory you created with svn, and run: > > patch -p0 < /path/to-the-diff > > > > > 4. I think I know how to do the svn diff command to put my local > > changes > > > back into the main repository. I'm running the Windows version of svn, > > but I > > > assume that doesn't matter? > > > > You think with reason. To obtain a new patch with yur changes, go back > > again into top of source directory, then run > > svn diff -x '-u' > ../diff > > > > Note that if you have created new files/dictory, you have to run "svn > > add myfile" before (that's true for the new files I added into my patch, > > too). > > > > > 5. I'm not clear about the "hardcopies makefile" you talk about. In my > > local > > > directory, there is a file called Makefile.am <http://makefile.am/>. > > Is this the file? How do I > > > run it? > > > > No, the hardcopies.makefile comes along with the diff from bug #439974. > > While you do not have applied this one, file never comes. > > > > > 6. I have docbook loaded (under cygwin) and I can do docbook examples. > > I > > > assume I can find "jw" and "openjade" with cygwin. Are these what I > > use to > > > run the Makefile.am <http://makefile.am/>? > > > > No, they are not needed by the vanilla Makefile (and you need to run > > configure to create it from Makefile.am <http://makefile.am/>) > > > > You need them only to create hard copies (postscript, html and pdf), not > > > > for the normal compile/install of dia. > > > > > Again, I apologize for my lack of experience with this. If it would be > > > > > > That doesn't matter, anyone have the same problem one day or other! > > > > > easier for you, I can just edit the specific xml files and e-mail them > > to > > > you or someone. Otherwise, I'm happy to keep plugging away on this. > > Thanks > > > again. Mark Dexter > > > > Your will. If you choose to make it yourself, and experience problems > > you don't figure how to solve, feel free to send me personal e-mails. > > > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Thomas Harding > > _______________________________________________ > > Dia-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > > > > > > -- > Mark Dexter -- Mark Dexter
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