[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-16 Thread Luca Ferretti
1. Blindly listing documents by application name without a coherent categorisation means that regular users are just going to stop reading the help and go somewhere else. Matthew, please note that the Advanced Topics document starts with this phrase: The Ubuntu help system contains a lot of

Re: [Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-16 Thread Matthew East
Hi, On 16/10/2007, Luca Ferretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a real case example: the Italian GNOME team provides guidelines for Italian translation. I wrote those using XML/Docbook, packed inside a tgz that works like the gnome-user-docs source package: run configure/make/make install and

[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-07 Thread Sebastien Bacher
you want to use devhelp not yelp for programming documentation -- No way to browse applications' manuals https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147668 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-07 Thread Matthew East
On 07/10/2007, Jan Claeys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think hiding installed documentation is definitely *not* a good idea. You're entitled to your opinion, but we've discussed this in detail over several release cycles with plenty of research. Have a read of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpfulHelp

[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-06 Thread Jan Claeys
I think hiding installed documentation is definitely *not* a good idea. E.g., where have the Python documentation tutorials gone? I thought Ubuntu wanted to promote python programming/scripting? -- No way to browse applications' manuals https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147668 You received this

[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-03 Thread Maurizio Moriconi
+1 for me ** Changed in: yelp (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- No way to browse applications' manuals https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147668 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-03 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Matthew, that's due to the Ubuntu layout patch, could you have a look? ** Changed in: yelp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) Status: Confirmed = Triaged Target: None = ubuntu-7.10-rc -- No way to browse

[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-03 Thread Matthew East
Thanks for the report. This is an intentional result of our customisations to Yelp, which have been the subject of substantial discussion throughout the last two or three release cycles in the documentation team so for now I'm closing this bug as WONTFIX. The topics currently available should

[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-03 Thread Sebastien Bacher
the manpages are accessible from the advanced topic left column item which is easy enough to use -- No way to browse applications' manuals https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147668 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-03 Thread Matthew East
And just to note that both the major Gnome manuals (accessibility guide and user guide) are incorporated into the layout. The Accessibility guide now has its own entry. -- No way to browse applications' manuals https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147668 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 147668] Re: No way to browse applications' manuals

2007-10-01 Thread Luca Ferretti
** Attachment added: The Yelp topic page as in upstream, useful to list/browse all installed manuals/guides/man pages/info pages/... http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9620585/original-yelp-topic-page.png -- No way to browse applications' manuals https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147668 You