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k31thfuck im over drawn01:04
k31ththat sux01:12
=== k31th paypal donations welcome
k31thfroud-away: if your there or anyone else knows how do i convert it to html ?01:20
k31thim guessing its with that shell script ?01:20
Burgundaviaconvert what?01:20
k31thxml file01:21
mdkek31th, you can view em with "yelp filename"01:21
mdkealso there is an html script01:21
k31thi ran that script01:21
k31thnice yelp works for me01:22
mdke:)01:22
mdkeok bed time01:24
mdkenight y'all01:24
k31thnight01:24
k31thim going to do a full install and document it all i think a server install that is01:40
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Burgundaviasalut jsgotangco 04:23
jsgotangcosalut04:23
jsgotangcohow fare the natives?04:24
Burgundavianot bad04:24
=== Burgundavia has to point that he is an immigrant
jsgotangcoah heh04:25
jsgotangcoyou're not a native canadian?04:25
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jsgotangcoi gotta start pulling people for PDA support04:50
Burgundaviajust found my tungsten E04:50
jsgotangcoahhh goodie04:50
jsgotangcoim going to make a wiki page first ala laptop testing if there is nothing atm04:51
Burgundaviathere is04:52
Burgundaviaon the old wiki04:52
Burgundaviahttp://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingHardware04:52
Burgundavianeeds to be gardened though04:52
jsgotangcothat's mjg59's04:52
jsgotangcoim searching through the wiki04:52
jsgotangcother are some palm howtos04:52
jsgotangcoLaptopTestingHardware is quite new; mjg59 requested for some contribs04:54
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mptHow is that an "old wiki"?06:55
=== jsgotangco shrugs
jdubmpt: that was the first wiki we used07:07
jdubmpt: before we made the stunning error of migrating to zwiki07:07
mptso where's the new wiki?07:08
jdubwww.ubuntu.com/wiki/07:09
jduband arguably udu.wiki.ubuntu.com07:09
jdubwhich may or may not be where we migrate to07:09
jdubwhen we switch back to moin07:09
mptwiki.ubuntu.com and www.ubuntu.com/wiki/ both redirect me to the same page07:09
mptSo I don't see the difference07:10
mptI hope we're not intending to use Moin for docs that are going to be ported to anything else07:10
jdubthe wiki is irrelevant to documentation production07:10
=== mpt has just been fighting Moin markup bugs this afternoon
mptok then07:11
jsgotangcohello jdub, mpt 07:12
mpthi07:12
jdubmorning jerome07:14
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jsgotangcoBurgundavia, you there?07:42
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jsgotangcohey froud 07:43
froudhey07:44
jsgotangcowow08:01
=== jsgotangco is reading the list
froudk31th: mdke : how did it go while I was asleep08:05
=== froud looks around for patches
jsgotangcoi havent committed anything yet, quite busy putting up PDA Support08:06
jsgotangcobut dont worry :)08:06
froudmdke: nice commits last night, thanks dude08:06
froudHmm have not seen Jeff in a few days08:11
froudBurgundavia: did you find that file?08:11
froudjsgotangco: the dialup doc is not well-formed? I tested and it is ... do you still have that problem with it?08:20
jsgotangcoill check now08:21
jsgotangcoits ok now after the update08:22
jsgotangcohmmm..connecting to centurytel?08:22
froudyes, it need to be made generic08:24
mdkefroud, fine thanks08:25
froudthe doc was contributed in OOo, I converted it to docbook, now we need to generalize it08:25
froudcool08:25
mdkehi jsgotangco 08:25
mdkehi mpt jdub 08:25
jsgotangcomdke, hey08:25
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jsgotangcohttp://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/PDATesting - WIP08:26
mdkempt, by "old wiki", Burgundavia meant the current wiki08:26
mptahhhhhhh08:26
mptcf. http://wiki.wordpress.org/ and http://codex.wordpress.org/08:26
mdkethose moin bugs are bugs in the wiki engine, and will not be present after we migrate08:27
mdke[06:10:57]  jdub the wiki is irrelevant to documentation production08:28
froud;-) dont take it too literally08:28
mdkeits just contrary to our current practice, that's all08:28
mptMy favorite feature of MoinMoin is how when logging in, you enter your login name, enter your password, hit Enter, and get an "invalid e-mail address" error08:28
mdkempt, haven't seen that one08:29
mptbecause it uses the same form for (a) logging in, (b) registering, and (c) e-mailing you your password08:29
frouddont use wiki much so can't related :-)08:29
mptand the first button in the form is the one for e-mailing you your password08:29
froudfrom #ubuntu-devel [08:14]  <fabbione> JaneW: it's just a mess to edit from the web08:29
mdkesaw that08:30
jsgotangcoheh08:30
mdkempt, i see, is that on the udu wiki?08:30
jsgotangcoits because of the colors of breezy goals08:30
mptYeah, UDU wiki and Launchpad wiki08:30
mdkempt, ok sounds fun08:30
=== mpt doesn't think he's leaking anything too sensitive by saying the Launchpad wiki uses MoinMoin
mdke*laughs*08:30
=== froud heard there is a virus going around called wiki-fever
jsgotangcoi still like svn love08:31
mdkefroud, its simply that the wiki material will be useful for compiling the docs, especially faq guide imo08:31
mpt"wikiwikiwiki" sounds almost as bad as "yyyyyyyyakkaboo!"08:31
mdkefroud, plus of course the task of gardening it seems to have been given to the docteam08:31
froudSure, now if you can just port the lot to docbook it will be good ;-)08:31
mdkenooooo08:32
mdke;)08:32
froudHmmm, can't blame you08:32
mdkefroud, its just that some parts can be useful to lift out of the wiki and put into the relevant places in the documents08:32
mdkeif they are reliable08:33
froudI thought Jeff has some stylesheets for xml db to moin, or did I read him wrong?08:33
mdkei don't know08:33
mdkehe hasn't posted a single mail to the list08:33
froudlift and shift wiki to docbook08:33
froudmaybe it was jjesse08:33
mdkethat fedora doc looks pretty cool at first glance08:33
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froudIt is08:34
mdkemaybe that guy who found it can write to them and ask if they have it in xml08:34
froudBurgundavia: how's that ubuntuguide to faqguide port com'n along?08:34
mdkeBurgundavia, great survey email btw08:34
froudyeah I think we should open a howto folder in generic08:35
mdkei don't like the label howto08:35
froudnot going there^ mdke 08:36
mdketo me they are all documentation, and it blows to distinguish between different forms rather than content, because users can't find things if you do that08:36
mdkeok08:36
mdkebut that survey will be useful for the faq guide08:37
froudyes, it is good08:37
mdkeooh08:38
froudmpt: you got time on your hands, how about you port ubuntuguide to faqguide, please08:38
mdkefroud, i noticed that the directory name for the userguide is different to the name of the xml file: there is an extra "s" in the middle08:38
mdkecan you sort that?08:38
mptfroud: Time on my hands? You must be joking08:38
mdkeor will it break links08:38
mdkempt, i think he is08:38
froudno serious08:39
mptfroud: I started working on the local help last night but fell asleep08:39
froudlocal help?08:39
mptthe stuff you get when you choose System > Help08:39
mdkewhich file?08:39
mptthe front page08:39
froudnot important at this stange08:40
froudIMHO08:40
mdkehow do you change that?08:40
mptbecause I'd much rather work on that than on something people won't read08:40
mdkefroud, ++ seem to remember that it was sorted at the end of the cycle before hoary08:40
froudyou dont know what they will and wont read08:41
mptok, let me rephrase that08:41
froudWell, like it or not I am not aiming to publish ubuntu-docs in yelp08:41
mptI'd much rather fix something that's positively embarrassing right now, than work on something which is already adequate :-)08:41
mdkempt, long time before the next release :)08:42
froudDutch Academics Declare Research Free-for-All08:42
mdkelots of things might change08:42
mptnot really, only five months, and there's a *lot* of work to do08:42
froudmpt: it would be better to focus in the docs08:42
jsgotangcoahem why do i get the feeling that im not fitting in lately after UDU08:43
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jsgotangcoim serious08:43
mdkei don't know what you are on about08:43
froudin about 2 months from now our docs will not open in yelp08:43
mptfroud: If help isn't "docs", I don't know what you mean by "docs"08:43
froudmpt: yelp is borked08:43
mptYes, I know that08:43
mptPatches welcome08:44
froudmpt: I am moving to browser with greater functionality08:44
froudsearch, index and interlinking  between ubuntu docs and glossary database and biblio08:44
froudbetter customization and branding, some bling, bling08:45
froudDocs in yelp will be for GNOME apps only08:45
mdkejsgotangco, oy08:45
froudand if somebody wants they can use yelp to read the HTML we will package08:46
froudjsgotangco: stop crying dude you are part ofthe furniture here :-)08:46
mdkebummer about mary08:46
mdkeshe was a great asset08:46
froudyep08:47
mdke:(08:47
froudbut as I said before, people come and people go08:47
mdkenot saying they don't08:47
froudthat is why we need to focus on sustainable systems08:47
froudto much dependance on one person is not good in this environment08:47
froudthat includes myself08:48
mdkejust saying, bummer08:48
froudsure ;-)08:48
mpthmm08:48
froudhmmm?08:48
mptWhere *is* the help front page, anyway?08:48
mptIt doesn't seem to be in ubuntu-docs08:49
jdubmpt: it's generated08:49
jsgotangcosometimes being a user is much easier than being involved08:49
jdubmpt: part of yelp08:49
mptoh08:49
frouddynamic created via scrollkeeper and yelp08:49
jdubmpt: we can 'massage' this08:49
frouddepending on the categories define08:49
jsgotangcoi dont think we can move stuff from scrollkeeper/yelp to focus on ubuntu docs08:49
jdubmpt: if you can come up with a design for the ideal front page, i'll make sure it happens08:50
mptjdub: Ok, well first thing I'd like to do is massage it to get rid of the beautiful, but very large and not-very-useful, lifesaver illustration08:50
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jdubmpt: obviously it should be an even more enormous ubuntu logo.08:50
mptyess!08:51
mptthen we can rename "System" > "Help" to "System" > "Get Up Close And Personal With The Ubuntu Logo"08:51
jdubmpt: maybe our users need intimacy help.08:52
mptHeck, they're using Linux08:52
mptoh wait08:52
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jsgotangcoim getting some fresh air and think08:52
mptjdub: jdub: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/LocalHelp#head-e3caaf3346cddbf1f6f5272eeb1c84d951685a54-208:52
mptThat's what I'd like the front page to look like08:53
jdubthat's pretty long for the front page08:53
mptYeah, I'm trying hard to keep it to 12 items08:53
mptmaybe I'll narrow it further08:53
jdubthe "if you're new" bit could be a box on the side or something though08:53
mptmaybe08:54
froudAnd how do you plan to make it go to the side?08:54
mptthough IMO a help viewer shouldn't be large enough, by default, to have anything on the side08:54
froudyelp xsls have no support for it08:54
k31thmorning08:54
jdubmpt: we can be pretty artful about page composition though08:54
mptHTML 1.0 would be a good language to write help in08:55
=== froud smiles
froudnow you're talking08:55
=== jsg-away gets the feeling we're doing this all over again
froudmpt: this is part of the reason why I am targeting HTML08:56
mptfroud: No, really, it isn't08:56
froudYelp reads HTML well enough08:56
froudisnt what?08:56
mptfroud: You're talking about making stuff readable in a Web browser08:56
mptI don't care about help in a Web browser, a Web browser has far too much chrome08:57
froudand yelp reads HTML08:57
mptI'm talking just about the amount of presentation artfulness HTML 1.0 allowed.08:57
mptNot HTML 4 or 3.2 or 2.08:57
froudwell, let me see, if the ubuntu docs are readable in help and the index page is html, then we will not have a problem with that requirement :-)08:58
froudbut I cant see why to use 1.0 when 4.0 is supported08:58
froudseems like going backward ;-)08:59
froudanyway, your call08:59
froudmust do work, c ya all08:59
mptfroud: HTML 2.0 and 3.2 and 4.0 were invented to let Web designers do cooler things.08:59
mptCoolness is not the point of help.08:59
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jdubmpt: that said, interest, interactivity and context are pretty useful09:00
froudmpt: I am not going to get into another debate on this, we have already gone in square circles on such issues. I suggest you just do it and commit it to svn09:00
k31thspeak in an hour guys09:01
mptfroud: That's what I'm trying to do, but first I need to work out how to massage the front page :-)09:01
froudto me what is importnat now is the doc contents09:01
mptbrb09:01
froudk31th: kk09:01
mdkempt, it tends to get worked on when we are sorting out the packaging towards the end of the cycle afaics09:03
mdkebut a wiki page is a good idea for working on it in the meantime09:03
jdubmdke: this requires up front design/goals work09:03
mdkejdub, what does?09:04
jsgotangcoi dunno if you're read the logs or read some lists but i've said before that the yelp front page needs to be fixed in order and that's the problem ubuntu docs arent even visible and even i18n docs arent accessible when help is selected instaed you get the english page09:04
jdubmdke: yelp front page and related requirements09:04
mdkejdub, well feel free to work on it09:05
mdkejsgotangco, yeah i saw your emails, hopefully enrico will work on it a bit?09:05
jsgotangcoenrico said its tricky09:05
mdkebasically the whole svn structure is borked?09:05
mdkei guess its come together in a piecemeal way09:06
jsgotangcoif i remember right enrico said jdub tried it before09:06
mdkejsgotangco, did you see my PM?09:06
jsgotangcooh sorry about that09:06
jdubthe svn structure was defined without knowledge of what needed to be done on disk09:07
jduband how to integrate with the distro09:07
jdubso that just needs to be fixed up a bit09:07
jdubnot a huge issue09:07
jsgotangcoim getting more confused09:08
jsgotangcoi should be working instead of getting confused on this09:08
mdkethat would be cool if it can get fixed09:08
mdkegot to run now09:12
mdkeback saturday evening09:12
froudjdub: what's wrong with svn structure?09:51
jeffschhey froud. how to do vendor drop?09:59
jsgotangcoits outside trunk10:02
froudjeffsch: hi, a copy of upstream docs in svn, we have not used it yet10:03
froudjsgotangco: what is jdub saying about svn structure? can somebody explain?10:04
jeffschthere are no upstream in svn, right?10:04
jsgotangcofroud, i dont understand it either10:04
froudnot yet, your idea is spot on though10:04
jsgotangcoway over my head this infrastructure talk10:04
froudwanted to do this long ago, but technical reason prohibit10:04
=== jsgotangco is better off as an ordinary user
jeffschif it gets done, will our mods go upstream?10:05
mptMy second-favorite feature in Moin: "The lock of MatthewPaulThomas timed out 0 minute(s) ago, and you were granted the lock for this page."10:05
=== jeffsch thinks docteam is better of with jsgotangco as super user
jsgotangcoeh?10:06
=== mpt get(s) back to his work(s)
jsgotangcojeffsch, i need to fix my priorities atm, personal, ubuntu, work (if i have one)10:07
jsgotangcomost likely, im going to move somewhere in NA10:08
froudjeffsch: yes we can push upstream10:08
jeffschjsgotangco: cool10:09
froudjsgotangco: personal, work, ubuntu is that order should be fine10:09
froudjeffsch: it's more complicated than this of course10:09
jeffschfroud: is it mandatory to push upstream, or optional? If we are ubuntufying docs, they won't be good for upstream10:10
froudoptional10:10
froudwe only want to puch up what is generic10:10
jeffschgood10:10
froudno point having ubuntu stuff in KDE or GNOME10:10
froudfor the most part it is about content reuse10:11
jeffschso what stops us from grabbing an xml doc from gnome cvs and making it our own?10:11
froudnot branding or ubuntufying10:11
jsgotangcowe can push to upstream generic/common10:11
jsgotangcothat question escapes me as well10:11
froudjeffsch: no point, we lose the upstream pwoer10:11
froudpower10:11
jeffschbut if the doc is not good for upstream when we are done with it, so what?10:12
froudwe want  to do svn up in vendor and get all the upstream changes10:12
jsgotangcofroud, would it be possible to remove all existing upstream docs and just let scrollkeeper monitor our stuff10:13
jeffschbut the upstream changes will screw up our changes. If upstream changes, say, a screen shot, it will screw up our doc10:13
jeffschi guess I'm talking fork, huh?10:13
froudAs I said it is more complex than this10:13
froudcant explain it now, perhaps ove rthe weekend10:13
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froudbut take a look at the svn-book look at vendor drops10:14
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jeffschok10:14
froudmust go to meetings10:14
jsgotangcofroud, point existing docs to vendor drop then if its supported?10:14
jeffschmust go to bed10:14
froudif somebody can tell me the problem with svn structure, it would be good10:14
froudbye10:14
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Burgundaviahey, just got back10:27
Burgundaviafroud-away, no I haven't found the file, and no I haven't done anything with the ubuntuguide, beyond some more looks at it10:28
k31thMorning10:37
jsgotangcohey10:38
k31thjsgotangco: watsup10:39
k31thnow the question is do i be fat and get chips again10:39
jsgotangcothats nice dont forget the dip10:40
jsgotangcohmm10:42
jsgotangcobrb10:42
k31thyeah10:49
KinnisonHihi peeps11:07
Burgundaviasalut Kinnison, my darling11:08
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jsgotangcodoes AvantGo have a competitor?11:23
Burgundaviawhat is avantgo?11:23
jsgotangcoackk11:23
jsgotangcoyou have a tungsten and dont know avantgo?11:23
=== Burgundavia barely uses his palm
KinnisonWhat about her five sisters?11:24
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jsgotangcoheh11:24
jsgotangconice one11:24
jsgotangcoanyway avantgo, you pull info online sync to your laptop11:24
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Kinnisonpeople always beat me up :_(11:25
Kinnisondoesn't avantgo also do format conversion & stuff?11:25
jsgotangcoyeah pretty much11:25
Burgundavia"What makes Gnome less fun for me is the fact that Gnome is a stable high-quality codebase that I'm spending all my time maintaining"11:25
Burgundaviathat is a funny quote11:25
jsgotangcoive been looking at universe and saw some conduits for avantgo11:26
=== Burgundavia is not pleased at the mono shakeup, as muine doesn't work right now
jsgotangcoget used to it, you dived in :P11:27
Burgundaviayep11:27
=== Kinnison will hold off on breezy until july or so I think
=== jsgotangco too
Burgundaviacurrently waiting on upgrading my hal until all that is sorted11:27
=== Burgundavia has itchy feet
=== Kinnison offers burgey a nailboard to scratch his feet on
Burgundaviasick taht it took this long --> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4518599.stm11:29
Burgundaviaand on the other side, way too soon --> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4543501.stm11:29
jsgotangcothe answer to your question is 4211:30
jsgotangcobeatification too arly11:30
Burgundaviaright, need to go see that movie11:30
jsgotangcohe's barely dead for 40 days methinks11:30
=== Burgundavia thinks that JP2 did as much harm as good
KinnisonTo be fair, the current pope would probably be dead before the beatification was complete if he waited the normal five years11:31
Burgundaviayes11:31
jsgotangcohe's not that frail11:32
Burgundaviajust wait until the papal poisoners get to him11:32
Burgundaviathis thread makes me wince --> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2823211:35
Burgundaviawe need better communication between the devs and the great unwashed about that sort of stuff11:35
jsgotangcohmm11:36
jsgotangcostrange11:36
jsgotangcothey can do that stuff in hoary11:36
Burgundaviamost of what they are suggesting has already been thought of or is being done11:36
jsgotangcoyeah11:37
Burgundaviait just needs to be communicated better11:37
jsgotangco"A GUI Installer is a must"11:37
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Burgundavianot really11:38
Burgundaviaa better install partitioner is better bet11:38
jsgotangcojust quoted the thread he11:38
Burgundaviayes, I read that11:39
Burgundaviasomeone needs to distill it for the -devel list11:39
BurgundaviaI think I might right now11:39
Burgundaviaactually, 2 emails I think11:39
Burgundaviaone about communication11:39
Burgundaviaand one about breezy stuff11:39
jsgotangcobye bye12:18
Burgundaviacvya12:18
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mptMy third-favorite feature in Moin: How it logs you out in the middle of an edit, and going Back doesn't work.03:26
=== Kinnison ha never had moin log him out
Kinnisonare you doing something strange?03:34
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mptKinnison: No, I'm just editing for several hours at a stretch04:08
Kinnisonmpt: and moin logged you out?!04:10
Kinnisonmpt: I've had zwiki log me out while editing, but never moin04:10
mptyep, "You are not allowed to edit this page"04:10
Kinnisonboggle!04:11
mptand because it's over HTTPs, the previous page isn't cached, so going Back doesn't work04:11
mptHTTPS, rather04:11
Kinnisonaye. I never edit in the browser04:11
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mptheh04:12
jdubKinnison: dude, i installed mozex and can't get to any prefs to set the editor - seems like it really wants mozilla04:37
Kinnisonjdub: the prefs window is all b0rked04:40
Kinnisonjdub: in prefs.js, I have:04:40
Kinnisonuser_pref("mozex.command.textarea", "/usr/bin/emacs %t");04:40
jdubahar!04:40
jdubthanks :)04:40
KinnisonI took apart the jar and worked it out that way :-)04:42
jdubheh04:44
jdubhrm04:48
jdubit doesn't believe me04:48
Kinnisondidja nuke XUL.mfasl?04:50
jdubi did not!04:51
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jdubboh04:52
jdubno love04:52
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Kinnisonfeh :-(05:06
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Kinnisonit works for me, but I've had the same .mozilla for aaaaages05:06
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froudanyone know how to get a word count from POT files?10:20
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