On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Steve Litt <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Ah, now we're moving. > > So, first crack out of the box, the tutorial needs to say that Leo > 4.11-b1 or better is required. > It does (did) in the introduction. > So the tutorial's beginning should state that docutils are required, > and if you get > > "writeToDocutils: docutils not present", you need to > install docutils with your normal package manager, and then exit and > resart Leo to have those take effect. > I agree, it was too easy to miss this point. Furthermore, the intro promised a step-by-step and missed the first step! So now the tutorial's first step is: http://leoeditor.com/tutorial-rst3.html#install-docutils-and-optional-sphinx > The tutorial should also say not to worry about the " > > stylesheet not > found, /what/ever/default.css", because > > Leo has a default stylesheet > > > that centers the title and makes it big and bold. > http://leoeditor.com/tutorial-rst3.html#run-the-rst3-command now reiterates that you must install docutils and restart Leo if you get the docutils not found message. It also discusses the stylesheet message. I have to move on to other things right now, but I'll try to continue > the tutorial tonight. Having gotten past the "hello world" part of it, > I imagine the rest will be easier. Many thanks for your help. The tutorial is better for it. > The key distinction here for me was > > to have Leo 4.11-b1 or better. > According to bzr, the "docutils not present" message happened at rev 5461, in September of this year. So yes, the message is recent. However, the real key is that docutils must be installed. I'd prefer not to make the tutorial version dependent, because nothing, except the error message, has changed in several years. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
