On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 07:53 +0200, Per Eriksson wrote: > Hi Jean, > > Thank you for setting this mailing list up! > > Are there any possibilities of reusing material from the OOo > Documentation project, and completing them with the differences for > LibreOffice, such as features, fixes etc? That way we have a good > starting material to work with when adapting them to our version?
Hi, Per! I didn't set the list up, but I expect to be seen around here a lot. :-) The short answer to your question is: yes! In fact, this has already begun. The longer answer... As you probably know, the user guides from the OOo Documentation Project are produced by the OOoAuthors group, which is a community group with its own website. We have been talking about making some changes in the ODT files to make it easier for people to reuse those files for LibO (things like using a variable for the name of the program) but we have not done that yet. Meanwhile, I have already produced a draft template for LibO user guides and a set of draft files for the Getting Started with LibO guide. A few pictures need to be replaced, and the chapters all need to be reviewed, but most of the work has been done -- except for the chapter on printing which needs to be rewritten, and someone is working on that. The other books (Writer Guide, Calc Guide, etc) will need more additions and changes but I (or anyone) can easily start with the OOo chapters. The group is busy updating all the books to OOoV3.3 so they will be a good starting point for LibO docs. Of course the more people who help, the faster the work will go. The files are here: http://www.oooauthors.org/english/libreoffice3 They can be seen and downloaded by people who have joined the OOoAuthors website and requested the "author" role, which carries the required permissions. This is because they are drafts. Published chapters can be seen by anyone. This practice can be changed to make drafts available to anyone, if the group prefers. We are very flexible! And, I'm sure, at some point we will discuss whether to continue working primarily for OOo Docs or change to working mostly for LibO Docs. Either way, the files should be useful as a starting point for either product, or for NeoOffice and the others. --Jean -- To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to [email protected] List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/documentation/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted.
