On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Jörg Emmerich wrote:
> 1) Writer, Poet, Engineering, Marketing, etc.
> Most of those surely do not want to be bothered with the final looks of
> their design - but surely some do (and then run into problems).
(I think the Marketing person here is part of the secon
On Tue, 2011-09-13 at 11:46 +0300, thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi wrote:
> LaTeX is not a word processor, it is a professional typesetting tool. I
> don't know about fiction books, but the vast majority of science books you
> can buy is done with LaTeX. If you know how to work with it (rather than
> agains
Am 14.09.11 08:58, schrieb thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi:
>>> LaTeX is not a word processor, it is a professional typesetting tool.
>>
>> I see all the reasons to keep the docs in LaTex (like keeping the
>> process efficient at the moment), but this sentence here about
>> "professional tools" is probably
>> LaTeX is not a word processor, it is a professional typesetting tool.
>
> I see all the reasons to keep the docs in LaTex (like keeping the
> process efficient at the moment), but this sentence here about
> "professional tools" is probably not that serious as I read it, right ?
I don't know how
Am 13.09.11 10:46, schrieb thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi:
>
> LaTeX is not a word processor, it is a professional typesetting tool.
I see all the reasons to keep the docs in LaTex (like keeping the
process efficient at the moment), but this sentence here about
"professional tools" is probably not that
> Thanks for the info - that confirms what I noticed: After Installing and
> doing some tests with LaTex and LyX I did not find a feasible way to
> import the newly designed appearance - seems you really have to just
> extract everything except the plain text and and build it up new -
> without the
On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 13:18 +0200, Durk Talsma wrote:
Quick note: I'd be happy to provide some high quality screenshots if
desired. Just let me know what kind of images are required. I have a
huge surplus of images left over from generating material for the
official gallery, and would be happy to g
Hi Martin
as you probably have seen, I am eager to help in supporting the update
of the Manual. Please see some questions to your remarks:
On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 10:33 +, Martin Spott wrote:
> Personally I doubt that importing HTML is worth the effort, and I'll
> try to let you know, why :-)
On 12 Sep 2011, at 20:10, Martin Spott wrote:
> I know - yet I'd dare to note that illustrating a manual is slightly
> different from just dropping a few nice images here and there ;-)
> Thus, if someone has an eye for placing the "right" images into The
> Manual, please shout and advise which i
Durk Talsma wrote:
> [...] I have a huge surplus of images left over from generating material
> for the official gallery, [...]
I know - yet I'd dare to note that illustrating a manual is slightly
different from just dropping a few nice images here and there ;-)
Thus, if someone has an eye for p
>
> Agreed ! In fact, it's up to everyone here to create and submit better
> images, screenshots. Basically this is a "the communit gets what they
> deserve"-situation ;-)
>
Quick note: I'd be happy to provide some high quality screenshots if desired.
Just let me know what kind of images are
Hi Joerg, Stuart, others,
I'll just add a few ideas, as most of the relevant stuff has already
been said.
Jörg Emmerich wrote:
> "joacher@gm.." now proposed the link to "www.lyx.org" and I had a short
> look:
> - seems you can even import HTML into that system
Personally I doubt that importing H
Hi Stuart
Thanks - that offer was a nice surprise
Surely I want to work together with all of you to get the best, "up to
date" Manual/PDF possible. And surely I am highly interested in
integrating what I have into any "company-wide" release system.
"joacher@gm.." now proposed the link to "www.lyx.
Am Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:18:27 +0200
schrieb Jörg Emmerich :
> Well - yes - I am rather disappointed
That is not surprising!
Technically seen, it is correct that Latex is the most flexible format,
from which you can derive most other types, but that doesn't lessen the
nice content you provided, im
Well - yes - I am rather disappointed
Especially because i looked again, but cannot find any of my suggested
improvements in the latest "getstart", in regards to structuring,
referencing, and looks. In addition I did not really see an answer to
Curtis question, that started that all - I get that k
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 2:45 PM, I wrote:
> More comments when I get the time once I'm back.
Hi Jomo,
I finally got the time to look at your work in detail. I think there's
a lot of really good work here, and it obviously represents a lot of
time and effort. Thanks again.
I _really_ like a number
Emmerich.. maybe we need a new documentation plan.. so u start it in your
"mother tounge".. I thinks this agood idea as your have a determined mind
and idea
I think the best way is to write "paragraphs" in plain text and later we can
all convert...
This is better than tryiing to "update the
On 6 Sep 2011, at 09:12, Jörg Emmerich wrote:
> Thank you both very much for your interest and encouragement
No problem. It is great that someone is interested in the docs. Unfortunately I
think you could have saved yourself a lot of effort if you'd posted 6 months
ago :(
As you'll see from my
Jörg Emmerich wrote:
> 1) I am sure that most of our customers/users today rather read/search
> online in a WIKI and/or Forum - but I also see that some people still
> prefer a hardcopy to study.
>From my perspective the difference between a Wiki and a Manual is not
so much about the format of di
On 5 Sep 2011, Stuart Buchanan wrote:
> .
> One immediate question is how you see your changes being incorporated
into to latex source code?
>
> Producing a nice PDF is quite important for a lot of people so I
wouldn't want to lose that.
On 5 Sep 2011, Peter Morgan wrote:
> .
> I still
anyone looked at docbook. It would solve the problem.. but its a horrible to
use.. but there again that was with my experience a few years ago doing a
major update to smarty.php (had to it as my team was using it and was paid
as thus by my boss)
I certainly think that a "html5/xml" approach is coo
On 1 Sep 2011, at 08:37, Jörg Emmerich wrote:
> I wanted to introduce that outcome about end of this month to the
> dev-team, to see especially whether the "Originators of the getstart"
> still find their share in what I did, and concur to this change. I hope
> nobody feels offended by my partly dr
Hi Gijs,
thank you very much for that detailed and competent analysis in such a
short time-frame.
Let me comment the most difficult question first: "Should it be a WIKI"?
My many links "for further details see: WIKI..." and also
several articles from me in the FGFS/wiki should rev
Hi Jörg! I only checked the English manual and did not read it thoroughly (way
too much text. I got my (aerospace engineering!) study books last
week and I decided that I should save my eyes/mind for the millions of pages
(those books are way too heavy!) that I'll have to read the
upcoming fiv
Am 01.09.11 10:24, schrieb Vivian Meazza:>
> Spelling the title correctly in the English version would be a huge
> improvement.>
> Vivian
>
Oh yes - that WAS embarrassing! Thanks for telling me (it is corrected now)
And thanks to HB-GRAL for your encouragement - I can use more of that!
Just a re
Am 01.09.11 10:24, schrieb Vivian Meazza:
>
> Spelling the title correctly in the English version would be a huge
> improvement.
>
> Vivian
>
Hi Jörg
I hope Vivians English style is not the only feedback you get about your
work here. Your contribution is welcome, at lest for me, and maybe
other
Jörg wrote
> Curtis
> actually your question hits me about 1 month too early!
> I am in the midst of a final checkout of my proposal for a newly styled
> "getstart". But you asked now - so I guess I ask everyone if my proposal
> could be seen as what you are asking for. Pls have a look at
> ht
Curtis
actually your question hits me about 1 month too early!
I am in the midst of a final checkout of my proposal for a newly styled
"getstart". But you asked now - so I guess I ask everyone if my proposal
could be seen as what you are asking for. Pls have a look at
http://www.emmerich-j.de/Ha
Curtis Olson wrote:
> I get quite a few questions from people who fire up FlightGear for the first
> time and have little aviation experience and zero prior FlightGear
> experience. They need really basic help, like how do you start the engine.
I think you're looking for a concise manual :
I'd like to find a few really good quality links (web pages really) that are
especially helpful for new FlightGear pilots.
I get quite a few questions from people who fire up FlightGear for the first
time and have little aviation experience and zero prior FlightGear
experience. They need really b
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