Making suggestions is good. And they deserve a more detailed response than I can manage.
On Friday, August 5, 2011, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > Well you have more experience than me but i think it's better to suggest ideas > at this stage rather than have regrets later. Hopefully bad ideas get > shot-down > fast as part of the process. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jean Weber <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 5 August, 2011 12:02:32 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] File naming proposal > > I don't have the energy to type out all the reasons why I think that > is a BAD idea. Sorry, Tom. > > --Jean > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 20:56, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi :) >> I agree with Jean. It might be good to have something after the chapter >> title >> to show which documentation-release. So something like >> >> CCnnBB-Name-v# >> where # is a single digit. At most there are only likely to be about 2 >> re-releases of a chapter for a particular series. The 1st is a bit rushed >> and >> so a 2nd might become necessary. Then during the course of the year there >>might >> need to be an additional update, perhaps after about 2/3rds of the year for >> stable releases. >> >> The docs version number is only for double-checking the right one has reached >> the web-sites or publisher. >> >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: David Nelson <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Fri, 5 August, 2011 10:32:48 >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] File naming proposal >> >> Hi Jean, >> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Before we leap into renaming the files, I'd like to mention what the >>> numbers mean. This info is in "Producing LibreOffice User Guides" btw. >>> >>> --------------- >>> File names take the following form: AABBCC3-Name, >>> where AA=book number, >>> BB=chapter number, >>> CC=book initials, >>> 3=LibreOffice V3 (s/w version number), >>> Name=Chapter name. >>> >>> For example, the third chapter of the Writer Guide, Working with Text, >>> has the following file name: 0203WG3-WorkingWithText.pdf >>> ---------------- >>> >>> I agree with David that we don't need the book number, but I personally >>> find the chapter number quite handy as it sorts the chapters in order on >>> my computer. But it would need to go after the book initials if the book >>> number is dropped, or the various books would sort with all the chapter >>> 1s first, the chapter 2s second, etc, if someone stores them all in one >>> folder like I often do. >>> >>> We also discussed the need for the s/w version number to change from 3 >>> to 33 (v3.3.x) or 34 (v3.4.x). >>> >>> So I propose for the new filenames to take the form: CCnnBB-Name, >>> where CC=book initials, >>> nn=s/w version number, >>> BB=chapter number, >>> Name=Chapter name. >>> >>> Example: WG3403-WorkingWithText.pdf is the third chapter of the Writer >>> Guide for LibreOffice 3.4.x >>> >>> --Jean >> >> I'll retrieve the info from past discussions on the subject, and will >> take account of what you propose here, and will write back with >> suggestions to be agreed upon before actually starting work on the >> task. >> >> David Nelson >> > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
