Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Macro Chapter replacement

2011-08-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 09:05 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > On 08/05/2011 03:17 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 08:50 +0200, Martin Fox wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:11:03 +1000 > >> Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 21:58 -0400, Andrew D

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] New Tutorials, Manuscript Now Available

2011-08-05 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 08/05/2011 09:14 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Someone on the Users List mentioned Andrew's new book http://www.pitonyak.org/OOME_3_0.odt Just remember, it is currently a work in progress. The in process German translation is currently hosted here: http://www.uni-due.de/~abi070/ooo.html which i

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updating the "Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux" wiki page

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) At the top of the page i don't know which of the 4 things does what. I can guess at a couple of them but it's worth testing imo. I thought the desktop integration packages (libreoffice-gnome, etc) had to be installed separately on any distro, not just *buntu? I could easily be wrong a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updating the "Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux" wiki page

2011-08-05 Thread gibi
Le 05/08/2011 23:09, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) I like it :) At the top of the page i have been editing a lot is a line like this at the top {{TopMenu}} {{Menu}} {{Menu.Documentation}} {{OrigLang|}} Nice! :-) I think the 3.x is smart :) ok. Should also apply to 3.5 afaik I like the idea of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread toki
On 08/05/2011 07:26 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: > Go forward with using Base as frontend to sqlite (which looks really wonderful, and has a nice admin. addon available in Firefox), and use it as long as Base works. The only thing that _SQLite Manager_ is good for, is eye candy. Databases can only have o

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updating the "Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux" wiki page

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I like it :) At the top of the page i have been editing a lot is a line like this at the top {{TopMenu}} {{Menu}} {{Menu.Documentation}} {{OrigLang|}} It might be nice to put a small section about being able to install LibreOffice using the normal package manager or adding the PPA for

[libreoffice-documentation] Updating the "Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux" wiki page

2011-08-05 Thread gibi
I was trying to update this page: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux#Installation_of_LibreOffice_3.x_Linux_systems in order to have a more generic one. So what I've done: 1) withdrawing references to betas release, I think everybody agrees 2) replacing "3.3" by

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread CaStarCo
Hi, 2011/8/5 planas > Hi, > > On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 12:17 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > > > Hi :) > > There is no plan. No effort is being made to attract people to it and no > plan > > to do that. No thought given to why devs and others avoid it even if > they > > started out being keen to work

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread planas
Hi, On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 12:17 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > There is no plan. No effort is being made to attract people to it and no > plan > to do that. No thought given to why devs and others avoid it even if they > started out being keen to work on it. > > > The greatest amou

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Cloyd
Johathan, Briefly, this is the reply I was hoping for but not expecting. You know more than I, but what I know confirms what you say. WONDERFUL reply. Thanks so much. So, now I will do this: Go forward with using Base as frontend to sqlite (which looks really wonderful, and has a nice admin

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread planas
Jonathon, On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 17:43 +, toki wrote: > On 08/05/2011 04:07 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: > > > I remain concerned about TDF's abandoning it, with the result that it > > slowly falls apart with each release, > > For all practical purposes, the database component of OOo was treated

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread toki
On 08/05/2011 04:07 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: > I remain concerned about TDF's abandoning it, with the result that it slowly > falls apart with each release, For all practical purposes, the database component of OOo was treated like the red haired stepchild. Under the TDF, LibO has simply continued

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] New Tutorials, Manuscript Now Available

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Excellent. It's good to see a lot of good stuff is being produce by quite a few hard-workers here. Someone on the Users List mentioned Andrew's new book http://www.pitonyak.org/OOME_3_0.odt which i think would be good to link to from our Macro Chapters? I remember Andrew asking about

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Macro Chapter replacement

2011-08-05 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 08/05/2011 03:17 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 08:50 +0200, Martin Fox wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:11:03 +1000 Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 21:58 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: I suppose that I have good news and bad news... Thanks for r

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Macro Chapter replacement

2011-08-05 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 08/05/2011 04:30 AM, Nino Novak wrote: The new extensions repository[1] is still under development but will probably soon replace[2] the wiki page. [1] http://extensions2.libreoffice.org/ [2] http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/msg05737.html Nino Excellent -- Andrew

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: File naming proposal

2011-08-05 Thread Jean Weber
Making suggestions is good. And they deserve a more detailed response than I can manage. On Friday, August 5, 2011, Tom Davies 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

[libreoffice-documentation] New Tutorials, Manuscript Now Available

2011-08-05 Thread Gurley, Gabriel
Hi everyone, As a follow-up to my message last Thursday, I have now uploaded a draft copy of the manuscript and lesson files for the Conceptual Guides port for LibreOffice. You can find these files in the following location within the Alfresco site repository: English Content | Documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] File naming proposal

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
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 To: documentation@globa

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is no plan. No effort is being made to attract people to it and no plan to do that. No thought given to why devs and others avoid it even if they started out being keen to work on it. The greatest amount of support Base gets is from a couple of people that hope that someday th

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] File naming proposal

2011-08-05 Thread Jean Weber
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 wrote: > Hi :) > I agree with Jean.  It might be good to have something after the chapter title > to show which documentation-release.  So something lik

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] File naming proposal

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updating user guides to LibO 3.4.2 (Part 2)

2011-08-05 Thread David Nelson
Hi Jean, On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > David asked for my recommendations, so here they are. > > 1) Create spaces for v3.3.x and 3.4.x. (Either path suggested earlier by > David is fine with me.) Save the published v3.3.x chapters in the 3.3.x > stream. > > 2) Copy th

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] File naming proposal

2011-08-05 Thread David Nelson
Hi Jean, On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Jean Hollis Weber 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread David Nelson
Hi, My 2 cents would be that Base is an important asset for LibreOffice. It may have its fragilities at the moment, but I feel that it should definitely be kept in the suite and that we should still work on documentation for it. I'm trusting that the project is going to, at some time hopefully so

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updating user guides to LibO 3.4.2

2011-08-05 Thread David Nelson
Hi, On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > David would know, but I don't think that would work. At the moment you > need a login to get to files on Alfresco, so I would think a link from > the wiki would fail. media.libreoffice.org is well underway and should be ready "soon"

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Macro Chapter replacement

2011-08-05 Thread Martin Fox
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:17:48 +1000 Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > I will definitely take you up on that offer! In fact, if you wanted to > grab the file and make all the corrections Andrew noted and check on the > unclear things and fix the screenshots, I'm sure both he and I would be > delighted

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread CaStarCo
2011/8/5 Tom Cloyd > On 08/04/2011 10:59 PM, planas wrote: > >> Tom >> >> On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 22:07 -0600, Tom Cloyd wrote: >> >> On 08/01/2011 05:48 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> Hi :) I have been getting the same impression of Base as Jean. Apparently Base has different unpr

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Macro Chapter replacement

2011-08-05 Thread Nino Novak
All, Am Freitag, 5. August 2011, um 05:11:03 schrieb Jean Hollis Weber: > On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 21:58 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > ... > > > Any idea when the extensions library for LO will be online? It is > > referenced, but it takes you to a WIKI. > > ... > > I don't know about the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 08/04/2011 10:59 PM, planas wrote: Tom On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 22:07 -0600, Tom Cloyd wrote: On 08/01/2011 05:48 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I have been getting the same impression of Base as Jean. Apparently Base has different unpredictable flaky quirks in different releases. There appear

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Macro Chapter replacement

2011-08-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 08:50 +0200, Martin Fox wrote: > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:11:03 +1000 > Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 21:58 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > > > > > I suppose that I have good news and bad news... > > > > > > > > > Thanks for reporting thes