Re: Ctrl key issues
On 28 Nov 2009 at 0:13, Suzanne Bolduc wrote: all this to say... could it be that your Ctrl keys stop working as soon as, somehow, you pressed Left Alt + Shift (unknowingly)? Maybe check your Regional Options control panel, the text services configured on your system, and the language bar preferences... See if just pressing Left Alt + Shift once or twice could revive your Ctrl keys... Be aware, that for graphic work in FM you move an object with ALT+arrow and move it 6 notches by ALT+SHIFT+arrow. On _my_ system ALT+SHIFT switches the keyboard layout... FWIW Klaus Daube ~~ Docu + Design Daube; Schäracher 11; CH-8053 Zürich Technical documentation consultancy; On-line and paper F: +41-44-422 86 25 E: d...@daube.ch W: www.daube.ch ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Frame 9 trial
Hi Framers, I am trying to install a trial of Framemaker to see if it suitable for a big directory publishing job which my client is trying to do (without much success) in InDesign. I downloaded a huge file (took all afternoon) and then when I tried to run it got a message that I had to install 7zip (which I thought I already had). Anyway I downloaded and (re)installed 7zip. But now I can't find the file to install. I know I downloaded it into my Downloads folder but I don't see anything likely in there. I went back to the Adobe site to do it again and when I started the download it said that all the files were already there (in the Downloads folder). Can anybody offer any clues as to what the file is called? Thanks! PB -- CatBase: The Database Publishing Solution CatBase Software Ltd. T: +44 (0) 1462 454522 W: http://www.catbase.com skype: pat.bensky -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Frame 9 trial
Perhaps it is on your Windows desktop? That is another [common] download file location ... Z Hi Framers, I am trying to install a trial of Framemaker to see if it suitable for a big directory publishing job which my client is trying to do (without much success) in InDesign. I downloaded a huge file (took all afternoon) and then when I tried to run it got a message that I had to install 7zip (which I thought I already had). Anyway I downloaded and (re)installed 7zip. But now I can't find the file to install. I know I downloaded it into my Downloads folder but I don't see anything likely in there. I went back to the Adobe site to do it again and when I started the download it said that all the files were already there (in the Downloads folder). Can anybody offer any clues as to what the file is called? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Mentioning open source softwares
At 12:41 AM 28/11/2009, mathieu jacquet wrote: >Dear all, > >is there any "rule" about how to mention open source software in technical >documentation? "Open source" means that the source code of the software is available to anyone under a licence. Its terms and restrictions apply to the usage of the *source code* of that software (compiling it into your own software products), not to the usage of binaries. If you have used an open source toolkit to develop the documentation then it is good manners to include a colophon acknowledging that usage and providing a URL to the main page of the project. It is not a legal requirement. >The software I am currently documenting (MashUp Composer) requires from users >that they run a database creation script. To do so, they need to launch a DB >administration tool such as MySQL Administrator and MySQL Qury Browser to set >user privileges, create the required DB schema, run the script, etc. > >How would you recommend to present things? As above. However, since MySQL is now owned by one of the proprietary software "heavies", you should read the licences of those applications to find out whether Oracle has any legal requirement regarding the use of the *trademark* in documentary references. >Can I say, for example: Launch your favorite DB administration tool (for >example MySQL Administrator). > >Am I supposed to add copyright mentions for open source software? Don't confuse copyright (which affects the re-use of *written* content and is statutory and governed by international treaties) with trademark usage rules, nor with licence requirements (which are unilateral rules stated by the vendor of the software, to which you agree when installing or compiling that software). -- If you are re-quoting written content from MySQL manuals in your works then you must, under copyright law, acknowledge the source, just as you must do with regard to any other publication from which you lift content. Whether you do this using footnotes or a References section (or a combination of both) is up to you. -- If you are quoting the name of a product in your documentation then you *might* be required to tag the name with the "registered trademark" symbol (the letter R in a circle, usually superscribed) or the "trademark applied for" symbol (the letters TM in upper case, usually superscribed). If nothing is mentioned to this effect in your licence agreement then don't include them. Helen
Ctrl key issues
hi Corinne, do you happen to have alternate keyboard layouts configured on your system, other than the basic English (United States)? I have a few and I found that the one I use most often ? a customized version of the French (Canada) layout that includes Unicode characters (i.e. Esperanto's accented letters) ? interferes with the keyboard shortcuts *in FrameMaker only*. Soon after installing this keyboard layout, I realized I could not use Ctrl+Shift+V in FrameMaker anymore (nothing happens). At first I thought I would have to uninstall this custom layout and do without it, but then it dawned on me that I might as well just switch to English (Canada) by pressing Left Alt + Shift, the first time I need the shortcuts in FM. (I just cannot use FrameMaker to write in Esperanto.) all this to say... could it be that your Ctrl keys stop working as soon as, somehow, you pressed Left Alt + Shift (unknowingly)? Maybe check your Regional Options control panel, the text services configured on your system, and the language bar preferences... See if just pressing Left Alt + Shift once or twice could revive your Ctrl keys... it could also be something else... For instance, when I was using Remote Desktop Connection to acces a computer at work from my home computer, I would always end up losing both the Ctrl keys and the Shift keys at some point. Sometimes, just repeatedly going Left Ctrl, Right Ctrl a few times, and then Left Shift, Right Shift a few more times would revive the lost keys. (Appartently this was a known issue with Remote Desktop, at least at the time.) FWIW Suzanne Corinne Kenney wrote: > Actually, it happens ONLY in Frame. Other apps work fine. And it has followed > me over three laptops. It's weird > > --- On Fri, 11/27/09, Art Campbell wrote: > >> From: Art Campbell >> Date: Friday, November 27, 2009, 11:03 AM >> >> When something like this has occurred on one of my systems, >> I usually find that it's ClipMate, SnagIt, or another >> add-in grabbing keystrokes before Frame can get to them. >> >> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:51 PM, >> Corinne Kenney wrote: >> >> >> FM 9 and FM 7.2 / Windows XP Pro >> Have battled with this over a year, and 3 laptops. My Ctrl >> keys stop working after about 15-20 minutes or less. No Ctrl >> + Z, X, C, M, and so on.
Ctrl key issues
On 28 Nov 2009 at 0:13, Suzanne Bolduc wrote: > all this to say... could it be that your Ctrl keys stop working as soon > as, somehow, you pressed Left Alt + Shift (unknowingly)? Maybe check your > Regional Options control panel, the text services configured on your > system, and the language bar preferences... See if just pressing Left Alt > + Shift once or twice could revive your Ctrl keys... Be aware, that for graphic work in FM you move an object with ALT+arrow and move it 6 notches by ALT+SHIFT+arrow. On _my_ system ALT+SHIFT switches the keyboard layout... FWIW Klaus Daube ~~ Docu + Design Daube; Sch?racher 11; CH-8053 Z?rich Technical documentation & consultancy; On-line and paper F: +41-44-422 86 25 E: ddd at daube.ch W: www.daube.ch
Frame 9 trial
Hi Framers, I am trying to install a trial of Framemaker to see if it suitable for a big directory publishing job which my client is trying to do (without much success) in InDesign. I downloaded a huge file (took all afternoon) and then when I tried to run it got a message that I had to install 7zip (which I thought I already had). Anyway I downloaded and (re)installed 7zip. But now I can't find the file to install. I know I downloaded it into my Downloads folder but I don't see anything likely in there. I went back to the Adobe site to do it again and when I started the download it said that all the files were already there (in the Downloads folder). Can anybody offer any clues as to what the file is called? Thanks! PB -- CatBase: The Database Publishing Solution CatBase Software Ltd. T: +44 (0) 1462 454522 W: http://www.catbase.com skype: pat.bensky --
Frame 9 trial
Perhaps it is on your Windows desktop? That is another [common] download file location ... Z > Hi Framers, > I am trying to install a trial of Framemaker to see if it suitable for a big directory publishing job which my client is trying to do (without much success) in InDesign. I downloaded a huge file (took all afternoon) and then when I tried to run it got a message that I had to install 7zip (which I thought I already had). Anyway I downloaded and (re)installed 7zip. But now I can't find the file to install. I know I downloaded it into my Downloads folder but I don't see anything likely in there. I went back to the Adobe site to do it again and when I started the download it said that all the files were already there (in the Downloads folder). > Can anybody offer any clues as to what the file is called?
