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mdkethesaltydog, i suppose anyone who uses ddclient will know what ip address means12:02
thesaltydogok. I was saying just that!!12:02
mdkeis it installed by default in Ubuntu?12:03
thesaltydogno!12:03
mdkeok then12:03
mdkeip address it is ;)12:03
thesaltydogwonderful12:04
thesaltydoganother issue..12:04
mdkeBurgundavia, tell me who to CC and stuff12:04
thesaltydogfor apache I have just put: Web Server12:04
thesaltydogbut someone has changed it to : "Apache web server"12:04
thesaltydogthis is not needed12:04
mdkeoh12:04
mdkei suppose that is to distinguish it from apache212:04
Burgundaviamdke, contact.gepolabo@free.fr12:05
thesaltydogas BUM displays: <scriptname> : <description>12:05
Burgundaviathesaltydog, I changed it12:05
Burgundaviaah12:05
thesaltydogok  Burg, thank for the rest12:05
BurgundaviaI didn't realize that12:05
thesaltydogyou couldn't know...12:05
mdkeah ic12:05
thesaltydogyou did a nice job12:05
mdkeBurgundavia, wanna give me a spiel or shall I copy the product description in launchpad?12:05
Burgundaviajust copy the descrip12:06
Burgundaviathe program isn't even in Ubuntu yet12:06
mdkek kewl12:06
thesaltydogSo Matt, when you edit the descriptions, keep in mind that users see also the script name. This could help.12:06
mdkethesaltydog, yes i will :)12:07
mdkeBurgundavia, maybe ubuntu-translators is slightly out of place then, thoughts?12:07
mdkestill, the list is so low traffic that it might wake them up12:07
Burgundaviayes it would12:08
Burgundaviathe plan is to package is sooner or later12:08
thesaltydoggoodnight to all12:08
mdkenight fabio12:08
mdkeBurgundavia, ok yeah12:08
Burgundaviaif it gets lots of translation updates, I will get off my lazy ass and get it packaged12:08
mdkeinteresting app12:09
mdkea friend of mine was working on something similar12:09
mdkenot open source tho i don't think12:09
mdkethe first version of it is actually trading i think12:10
mdkeemail sent12:13
Burgundaviamdke, cheers, thanks12:13
mdkebcced you12:14
Burgundaviagot it12:16
=== Burgundavia wishes to remind all screenshot takers, all over the world, to use a sane them when taking screenshots
Burgundaviahttp://gbtcr.chileforge.cl/screenshots/audio_control.png12:17
mdke*laughs*12:20
SquishyWaffleargh12:22
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mdkehello kassetra Kinnison 02:10
kassetraHiya :)02:10
kassetraSo I'm going over these pages and pages of backports-meeting log....02:10
mdke:/02:10
kassetraAnd I'm still uncertain what exactly I'm trying to do, other than cut & paste sections around.02:10
mdkei guess a general summary of decisions taken02:11
mdkebullet points are very cool02:11
mdkebut i missed most of the meeting, so i don't know what it was like02:11
kassetralong.02:11
kassetravery very long.02:11
mdkeyeah02:11
mdkethere was some officialisation of the backports, is that right?02:12
kassetrayeah.02:12
mdkethey will be in ubuntu repos?02:12
kassetrayep.02:12
mdkethats cool02:12
kassetravery cool.02:12
mdkewhen will that start?02:12
mdkeand who will work on them?02:12
kassetrawe're working on the integration right now, if I'm not mistaken.02:12
kassetrajdong and his team.02:13
mdkeright02:13
mdkeexcellent02:13
mdkeand will the problems that the devs are always whinghing about be sorted?02:13
mdkewhatever those problems are02:14
kassetraLOL we sorted 99% of them out in the meeting.02:15
mdkegood stuff02:16
kassetrayeah, another reason the meeting was so long.02:16
mdkeso will the backports just go into ubuntu-updates?02:16
mdkeor a separate repo02:16
kassetraI believe (not down to that part yet of the log) that they'll have their own repo... 02:16
kassetrabut don't quote me on that.02:16
mdkeway to go Troy Williams02:31
mdkewhoever you are02:31
jdubmpt: around?02:54
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jsgotangcomorning03:41
mdkemorning dude03:43
jsgotangcohmmm another patch03:45
jsgotangcosingle patch for 3 books?03:46
mdkebetter check it out03:48
mdkeyou're the kde man ;)03:48
jsgotangcoargghh03:48
jsgotangco(i dont even use kubuntu lately)03:48
mdkewell you've used it ;)03:48
mdkehopefully the patches will be good and you can commit em03:49
jsgotangcoi should remind people to patch small03:49
mdkegood idea03:49
jsgotangco3 in 1 patch ain't so great for me03:49
SquishyWaffleWhat do you mean you haven't been using Kubuntu lately?:)03:49
jsgotangcouh oh caught03:49
jsgotangcoi've been into the color of poo lately03:50
jsgotangcoand bad fonts03:50
SquishyWaffleGnome?03:50
mdkebad fonts?03:50
mdkemy god03:50
jsgotangcoheh03:50
=== mdke rings the madhouse
jsgotangcodude03:50
mdkeanything from sean jsgotangco ?03:50
jsgotangcoask amu and Riddell03:50
mdkeoh yeah cos they're not biased03:51
jsgotangcoKDE is far more superior03:51
jsgotangcoheh03:51
jsgotangcomdke, he updated the wiki03:51
jsgotangcoi think he's taking his time03:51
mdkethe meeting page?03:51
jsgotangcoyeah03:51
jsgotangcoi even checked email around midnight to see if he reacted03:51
jsgotangcoim glad he updated the wiki03:51
jsgotangcohe has a grasp of things far better than us combined03:52
mdkestupid wiki03:52
mdkecan't see his diffs03:52
jsgotangcoyeah03:52
jsgotangcopretty dumb03:52
SquishyWafflewish they'd get the new wiki in, this one is so sloowww03:53
jsgotangcomdke, for now, let's freeze global.ent to those with commit access03:53
mdkeSquishyWaffle, tuesday03:53
SquishyWafflewoohoo!03:53
jsgotangcono patches to global.ent for now03:53
mdkejsgotangco, i don't mind, its not like they are difficult to check03:53
mdkeas long as entities are added and not removed03:53
jsgotangcoill check the links this weekend03:54
jsgotangcoand just group them together03:54
mdkei have to go sleep03:54
mdkeThu Jun  9 02:54:49 BST 200503:54
jsgotangco3AM?03:54
jsgotangcowow03:54
SquishyWaffleonly 10 here :)03:55
mdke:/03:55
mdkenight then03:55
SquishyWafflecya03:55
jsgotangcomy wife would kill me if im still awake at that time03:55
jsgotangcocya03:55
jsgotangcoSquishyWaffle, 10am here03:55
jsgotangcoheh03:55
SquishyWafflemy she-boss isn't in town right now03:55
SquishyWaffleam therefore immune to the "oh my god you've been up really late" attackthing03:55
jsgotangcoheh03:55
jsgotangcoi'll review this patch first03:56
jsgotangcoSquishyWaffle, nice job on the kquickguide03:56
jsgotangcoi missed that toolbar stuff03:56
SquishyWafflethanks, today has been busy otherwise I would've had some more ready. I've been turning it over in my head though03:56
jsgotangcoits ok no rush03:56
jsgotangcowe will make targets next week03:56
SquishyWafflecool. Did we have a section on CD ripping?03:57
SquishyWaffleor is there more a kuserguide rather than quickguide topic?03:57
jsgotangcoyou can probably do that kind of stuff on the userguide03:57
jsgotangcothe quickguide should just be a visual tour03:57
SquishyWaffleok, so quickguide is bare minimum to get you up and going and userguide is thorough03:57
jsgotangcothat's why i put up this table at the last part03:57
jsgotangcoyeah03:57
jsgotangcothat's the idea03:58
SquishyWaffledo you want me to make screenshots of the toolbar elements?03:58
jsgotangcosure use imagemagick03:58
jsgotangcoi'm almost done with the screenshots of the other apps03:58
jsgotangcojust send the png personally to me when you're ready03:59
SquishyWaffleyeah, i didn't want to go take many since I remember you saying that03:59
jsgotangcoi should talk to amu or Riddell about the roadmap though03:59
jsgotangcoscreenshots can be a chore03:59
jsgotangcohmm the patches are rejected04:17
jsgotangcoshould request for smaller ones then04:17
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jsgotangcoealden, ping09:14
jsgotangcohmm09:20
ealdenjsgotangco, pong :D09:27
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jsgotangcoealden, intersted in helping out?09:56
ealdenYep.  I'm studying how this team works based on the wiki...10:03
ealdenThe initial checkout is a pain over dialup :D10:04
jsgotangcohmmm10:07
jsgotangcoill be uploading a ton of PNGs soon10:07
jsgotangco:)10:07
ealdenOvernight checkouts, then :P10:07
jsgotangcoi'll expect your patches then10:08
ealden:) 10:09
jsgotangcoyou better svn up before making any edits though10:10
jsgotangcoif you like a gui front end for svn, try getting esvn from universe10:10
ealdenHrrm, QT based10:12
ealdenI'm getting it now10:15
ealdenErr... apt-getting..10:15
ealdenOr whatever term is applicable :P10:15
jsgotangcochecking out10:16
ealdenAh10:18
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jsgotangcoenrico!10:48
enricohi!10:49
jsgotangcoenrico, we'll be having a meeting next week, hope it'll work out fine10:52
jsgotangcoenrico, things have been pretty rough, but i guess we'll manage10:52
enricojsgotangco: meeting with whom?10:52
jsgotangcodocteam meeting10:52
jsgotangcoyou didnt get the email?10:52
enricoIn the list?10:52
=== enrico looks
jsgotangcoyes10:52
enricojsgotangco: found11:00
enricothat's good11:00
enricoI don't believe one CC meeting can fix something that requires people from two different groups changing habit, but it's at least a start11:01
jsgotangcowell yeah at least both should have a compromise11:01
jsgotangconow that froud's been pretty quiet, i think a dialogue is required more than ever11:02
jsgotangcoaltough i am glad he updated the wiki page11:03
mdkemorning guys11:04
jsgotangcomdke, hey11:04
mdkehey jsgotangco 11:05
mdkealright?11:05
jsgotangcomm?11:06
mdkeas in, how's it going?11:07
jsgotangcodude, i'm hooked on media wiki11:08
jsgotangcohehe11:08
mdkegreen tea and mediawiki11:09
mdkea powerful combination11:09
mdkeSean texted me back this morning11:09
jsgotangcohmm is it good?11:10
mdkehe seems ok, he said that he'd had good conversations with mako and henrik11:10
mdkeand that he would try and help us out if needed, but that his decision was to take a break from the team11:10
jsgotangcoahhh i was expecting that11:11
jsgotangcohe told me he'd rather focus on fringe projects11:11
mdkewell if you have docbook questions I'm sure he won't mind answering them11:11
jsgotangcoyeah but that also means we'll have to work more11:12
mdkewell can do what we can11:13
mdkewell/we11:13
jsgotangcowe'll get there11:13
jsgotangcoheh11:13
mdkeyou know how the forum has labels for users, like "Ubuntu developer" and stuff11:13
mdkethere's one which is "forum donator"11:13
mdke:-(11:13
jsgotangcohmmm11:14
jsgotangcoranks suck11:14
mdkeso much11:14
mdkebut don't worry, you can buy one!11:14
jsgotangcoi rarely go to the forums11:14
jsgotangcohah11:14
jsgotangcobackports is pretty big over there though11:14
mdkeyes11:15
jsgotangcomain, mediawiki is soo coooler than moin11:15
jsgotangcoskinning this looks difficult though11:15
jsgotangcono wonder mediawiki powered wikis look the same11:16
ealden*listens with great interest*11:16
jsgotangcomdke, so much for the portal11:17
mdke?11:17
jsgotangcothe docteam portal project11:18
mdkewhat about it?11:18
jsgotangcoare we going to pusue it?11:18
jsgotangcoi'd rather fix what's in svn for now11:18
jsgotangcoalong with the wiki stuff to be ported11:19
mdkewell henrik has a good idea about this11:19
mdketo separate out what people are doing11:19
jsgotangcogood thing henrik is diving in11:19
mdkegroup 1. works on the existing methodology and svn and such11:19
mdkegroup 2. pursues new technologies11:19
mdkeyeah henrik is cool11:20
mdkenaturally that idea doesn't stop people from doing things in both groups11:20
jsgotangcotrue11:20
jsgotangco"2 cultures"11:20
mdkejust focuses work a bit more, and prevents the current work from getting slowed down11:20
mdkethe 2 cultures thing refers to the divide between science and humanities11:22
mdkein this case, i think he meant science (devel) and humanities (doc)11:22
mdkenot sure if it works, but its an interesting idea11:24
jsgotangcoi thought i read devil11:32
jsgotangcohehe11:32
mdkehey do you have an ubuntu t-shirt11:33
mdkei need an ubuntu t-shirt11:33
jsgotangcodid you ask henrik?11:34
jsgotangcoi have 211:34
jsgotangcoor probably claire11:35
mdkewho is claire?11:35
jsgotangcoclaire puts order in mark's life in Uk11:35
jsgotangcoemail her11:35
jsgotangcoclaire@canonical.com11:35
mdkeright11:35
jsgotangcoyou're in london right11:36
mdkei am11:36
mdkesimira was going to start an ubuntu shop11:36
mdkei wonder if she got anywhere with that11:36
jsgotangcohmmm11:37
jsgotangcocafepress?11:37
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jsgotangcowe have brown shirts11:37
jsgotangcomdke, were you able to read thart article on sabdfl that was sent in sounder11:39
mdkeerm11:39
mdkei'm not subscribed11:39
jsgotangcowhere is that11:39
jsgotangcohrmm11:39
jsgotangcohttp://free.financialmail.co.za/05/0603/cover/coverstory.htm11:40
mdkethanks11:42
mdke"By 2010," Shuttleworth predicts, "Linux will have displaced proprietary software on the desktop."11:43
mdke*grins*11:43
mdkewhatever11:43
mdkesouth kensington eh11:45
jsgotangcowonder when would be the time i can go to space11:46
mdkeok i'll see y'all later12:05
ealdenBye mdke 12:06
jsgotangcolater12:07
mdke*grins*01:58
mdkea gnome bug closed in less than 10 minutes01:58
mdkehttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30701301:58
mdkedunno where they got their reputation for not listening to users from01:58
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ealdenBitter LOL :) 02:10
mdke*grins*02:11
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mdkei'm not letting it go..02:29
ealdenOh02:30
jjesse?02:30
mdke;)02:30
ealdenHehe02:30
mdkeealden, i've filed another bug with an alternative solution02:30
mdke#30701902:30
ealdenChecking...02:35
ealdenmdke, you aren't using Nautilus in spatial mode?02:37
mdkeno02:37
ealdenI see...02:38
ealdenNice find02:38
mdkea guy on #ubuntu-it did it02:38
ealdenOh02:39
mdkei'm just passing on ideas02:39
ealdenHehe02:39
mdkewe need multilingual bugzilla02:39
ealdenYes02:40
ealdenI just realized that I have never used the Notes feature heh02:40
mdkeme neither until today02:41
mdkeits awesome tho02:41
ealdenHey this is cool!02:41
ealdenA big notes emblem appeared!02:42
ealdenWow!02:42
ealdenAre notes preserved across computers?02:43
mdkeno they are saved locally to nautilus i think02:43
ealdenmdke, yeah, I tried hehe03:02
ealdenmdke, makes sense for it to be local only though03:02
SquishyWafflegooood morning #ubuntu-doc03:19
mdkemorning SquishyWaffle 03:20
SquishyWaffleplaying with the Gnome devs today? :)03:20
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mdkehmm03:31
mdkewho knows how to work with diffs in svn?03:31
mgalvinmdke, this may help03:33
mgalvinhttp://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/re09.html03:33
mdkethanks03:33
mgalvinnp03:33
mdkei am looking at a diff already, and want to figure out how to apply some, not all of it in svn03:34
mdkeshould I manually edit the diff?03:34
SquishyWaffledon't you patch your local copy then commit it?03:35
mgalvinyes, you want to patch what you have with the diff, man patch03:36
mdkeyes03:36
mgalvini am not sure if you can apply just part of a diff03:36
mdkehmm03:37
SquishyWaffleyou can with some manual edits :)03:37
mdkei'll try just deleting the part i don't like03:37
SquishyWaffleyeah, that's your best met03:37
SquishyWafflebe03:37
SquishyWafflebet, crap I can't spell today03:37
SquishyWaffleare you patching one of the KDE guides or am I safe to start tinkering?03:39
mdkeyeah i am03:39
mdkegimme a bit03:39
mdkeyou can tinker anyway03:39
SquishyWaffleok, I'll see if I can get the Kynaptic doc to parse03:39
mdkedoes it not parse?03:40
SquishyWafflenot for us KDE guys03:40
mdkewe have a validate script that checks the xml03:40
SquishyWafflewell it parses but it's a huge blob of unbroken text03:40
mdkeyou can use it to check the xml ./validate.sh03:40
SquishyWafflethere's something seriously wrong with it :(03:41
SquishyWafflegtaylor@gislinux1:~/ubuntu-doc/kde/kynaptic/C$ yelp kynaptic.xml03:42
SquishyWaffleI/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/gtaylor/.gnome2/yelp-bookmarks.xbel"03:42
SquishyWaffle/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: No such file or directory03:42
mdkethats because you're not using gnome i presume03:43
SquishyWaffleyeah, but it's a KDE guide03:43
mdkebut if the xml is valid, that's all you can do03:43
mdkeSquishyWaffle, yelp is for gnome03:43
SquishyWafflebut is there any other way to read it other than yelp from KDE?03:43
mdkecreate an html out of it03:43
SquishyWaffleargh03:43
mdkeapplying parts of a patch is hard03:44
mdkei can't be bothered03:44
mdkeok03:50
mdkecontroversial question about how to spell vice-versa03:50
mdkewe have vise-verse vis-a-verse03:50
SquishyWaffleI hear vice-versa a lot more03:51
mdkeyeah that's the correct one i'm sure03:51
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SquishyWaffleWhich one of you were working on the Style Guide?03:57
mdkejeff-away03:57
SquishyWaffleok03:57
SquishyWafflein the StyleGuide, there's a section called 'Document Structure'. Should I put the list of tags there or create another section, keeping in mind that as per his layout, each section = 1 additional file.04:06
mdkeis this on the wiki or in svn?04:06
SquishyWafflethe svn Style Guide04:06
mdkehmm04:07
mdkemaybe separate doc? Probably best to ask jeff tho04:07
SquishyWaffledocument structure could be many things in my mind04:07
SquishyWaffleyeah, any idea when he's usually around?04:07
mdkeyou've made an xml version of the wiki page?04:07
mdkeSquishyWaffle, not sure when he's around04:07
SquishyWaffleI'm about to04:07
SquishyWaffleAs per his request04:07
mdkeSquishyWaffle, if you like you can consider testing our wiki->docbook script which mvirkkil wrote04:07
SquishyWafflewhere is this located?04:08
mdkeubuntu-docs/teamstuff/moin2db04:08
mdkethere's a readme04:08
SquishyWafflechecking it out04:09
mvirkkilI haven't heard anything regarding my svn access :(04:16
mdkeyou mailed elmo?04:16
mdkehe's a busy guy04:17
mdkei'll stress him04:17
mdkemvirkkil, you mailed him your key?04:17
mvirkkilmdke: Yeah, a while ago.04:17
mdkewhat number is it?04:18
mvirkkilmdke: number?04:18
mdkeyour key04:18
mvirkkilmdke: Ugh. I haven't got it here. I'm at work.04:19
mdkei can't find it on the keyservers04:19
mdkeok we'll see if elmo can find it04:19
mvirkkilmdke: What keyserver should I submit it to? (ie. preferred?)04:20
mdkethey all sync each other04:20
mdkebut you don't have to upload it, its up to you04:20
mdkemvirkkil, have you got updates for that script?04:21
mvirkkilmdke: I haven't uploaded it, since I figured no one would need to use it. 04:21
mdkefair enough04:21
mvirkkilmdke: I was thinking on working on it a bit tonight.04:21
mdkeok we'll get you added04:21
mvirkkilmdke: Thanks :)04:21
mdkeno one called mikko has a gpg key on the keyservers04:23
mdkemust be a rare name04:23
mvirkkilmdke: One of the most common first names for boys in finland.04:23
mdkebizarre04:23
mvirkkilmdke: Might even be the most common.04:23
mdkegpg: key "mikko" not found on keyserver04:23
mdkemvirkkil, ok looks good04:29
mvirkkilmdke: Thanks :) Has anyone fixed stuff there? Any suggestions what to fix first? 04:30
mdkeon the script?04:30
mdkenot a clue04:30
mdkebut SquishyWaffle is about to test it :D04:30
mvirkkilmdke: On his own server?04:31
mdkeno he's gonna try converting a wiki page to a docbook file04:31
mvirkkilmdke: What wiki is he using?04:32
mdkeours04:32
mvirkkilmdke: url?04:32
SquishyWaffleOh, I have to install the actual Wiki software to use it?04:32
mdkeDocteamDocBookTags04:33
mdkei didn't realise that ;)04:33
mvirkkilSquishyWaffle: It's an output formatter for the moin wiki. It's integrated to the wiki itself, and is used directly04:33
mvirkkilmdke: The documentation should say that...04:33
mdkepossibly04:33
mdkei've not seen the script yet04:34
mvirkkilRemember that you need to have the latest version04:34
mdkei thought it would convert files with moin tho04:34
mvirkkil>(moin--main--1.3--patch-725 was my version) to be able to use it.04:34
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mdkeso mvirkkil we need to install a wikiserver to use it?04:34
mvirkkilSquishyWaffle: We discussed the way to implement it with Henrik Omma and concluded that this would be the most elegant/longlived approach.04:35
mdkeis it implemented in the test wiki?04:35
mvirkkilI've talked to moin developers, and it should be pretty easy to get it pused to upstream04:36
SquishyWafflethat'd be nice04:36
mdkeyeah04:36
SquishyWaffleand the test wiki is going live tuesday?04:36
mvirkkilmdke: I've only tested it with my own wiki, directly from the tla repository.04:36
mdkeright04:36
mdkeso it may not work with the new moin wiki?04:36
mvirkkilThe moin devs fixed several bugs as I was coding and pointing them out to them.04:37
mdkeok04:37
mvirkkilWhat's the url to the web interface to the svn?04:37
mdkehttps://docteam.ubuntu.com/repos/trunk04:38
mdkemvirkkil, so sounds like the best thing is to get the thing in upstream04:38
mdkeis there any way that the docteam can use it for converting Ubuntu wiki pages to docbook documents? 04:39
mvirkkilmdke: https://docteam.ubuntu.com/repos/trunk/teamstuff/moin2db/manual04:40
mdkei see it04:40
mvirkkilmdke: you need to drop the attached file in the MoinMoin/formatter directory. Then the output can be accessed by04:40
mvirkkiladding "?action=format&mimetype=xml/docbook" to the url.04:40
mdkemvirkkil, but if i understood correctly, that only works with the latest version of moin, it may be that the Ubuntu wiki will not use that version?04:41
mvirkkilBut you do need the newest version of moin. Basically it couldn't be easier to 'convert' them to docbook, since it's done automagically by appending that to the url :)04:41
mdkeyeah that's really cool04:41
mdkewell i hope it will work in the Ubuntu wiki04:41
mdkewe could try it on the test wiki maybe04:42
mdkeor am I missing something?04:43
mvirkkilmdke: Well, basically you could temporarily copy all the data to a test server where you have the newest moin and do it there.04:43
mdkeyes04:44
mdkeit would be really cool to enable it in the ubuntu wiki tho04:44
mdkemaybe that's a long term goal04:44
mvirkkilbut I _know_ it will work poorly if the moin version is old, and backporting all the fixes would probably be a humongous pain...04:44
mdkeprobably04:45
mdkei mean the long term goal would be to get it in moin upstream, and upgrade the ubuntu wiki04:45
SquishyWaffleshoot, the new Wiki is going to be outdated at the time of being brought in?04:45
mdkeSquishyWaffle, it will be using a stable version of the wiki software04:46
mdkeit's 1.304:46
SquishyWaffleThe stable version is the one mvirkkil found the bugs in?04:46
mvirkkilSquishyWaffle: Well, the new wiki is based on the 1.3 branch (I was told), so it shouldn't be much of a problem upgrading later.04:46
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SquishyWafflethat's encouraging :/04:46
mvirkkilSquishyWaffle: There are loads more. Custom formatters aren't used, so people output html directly instead of using the right channels.04:47
mvirkkilAnd the macro architecture isn't that good, since it enables invalid markup.04:47
SquishyWaffleIs MoinMoin relatively new or has it seen these issues much through its life-span?04:48
mvirkkilThough the xml I produce will always be valid xml though. Not guaranteed to be valid docbook, unfortunately.04:48
mdkewell any time saving is good04:49
mvirkkilSquishyWaffle: They have a nice spearation between parsers and formaters and stuff. It's much, much better than mediawiki in that regard.  04:49
mvirkkilUnfortunately the way the formatter is interfaced isn't the best possible imho.04:50
mvirkkilAnd the way macros call the formatter directly instead of going therough the parser makes the problem more visible.04:51
SquishyWafflefun stuff04:51
mvirkkilThe parser does a lot of sanity checking and makes sure that tags get closed when tehy should etc. Macros bypass that.04:51
mdkei'm installing moin to have a play around04:51
mvirkkilBut it isn't really all that bad, and I was able to code that docbook formatter in 2 day I think :)04:52
SquishyWafflegood deal04:52
mvirkkilmdke: From tla?04:52
mdkehmm04:53
mdketla?04:53
mvirkkilmdke: It's like svn or cvs. tla is also known as bazaar.04:53
mvirkkilsort of04:54
mdkeoh04:54
mvirkkilhttp://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinDev/TlaGuide04:54
mdkeno i've just installed 1.3.304:54
mdkewhich was the unstable one with gentoo04:54
mdkeis that not recent enough?04:54
mvirkkilmdke: It probably somewhat works with that. But as I mentioned, the moin guys fixed several bugs for me while I coded the docbook converter.04:55
mdkehmm04:55
mdkeok i'll just use this to play around04:55
mdkebecause then i can remove it easier04:55
mvirkkilYeah, I had some pain in setting things up.04:55
mdkeits hard?04:56
SquishyWafflewhoa, I think I just found a bug in Thunderbird04:56
mvirkkilmdke: No, just new. 04:56
mvirkkilmdke: Hadn'04:56
mvirkkilmdke: And I did a custom setup, since I installed it as a user in to my own account, not to /var/www04:57
mdkehmm04:58
mdkegod knows where mine is installed04:58
mvirkkilmdke: /usr/share/doc/moin might help :)05:00
mdkepah docs05:00
mvirkkilmdke: Nice attitude :)05:00
Seveas...for #ubuntu-doc :)05:01
SquishyWaffleTo fix something like this https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3353 I need to reply with a patch to that particular manpage, right?05:12
mdkeSquishyWaffle, guess so05:33
mdkemvirkkil, looks like I'm going to have to read the docs afterall05:33
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mdkeSquishyWaffle, now's your chance!"07:00
mdkehi jeffsch 07:00
jeffschhello07:00
mdkejeffsch, SquishyWaffle was wondering about whether/how his tags document could be integrated with the StyleGuide07:01
jeffschyes, I just finished with reading the scrollback07:01
jeffschhe should add it anywhere he thinks is appropriate07:02
jeffschthe outline I have put is not set in stone07:02
jeffschthe styleguide oranization will probably get chaotic for a while, which is good07:03
jeffschSquishyWaffle: the "failed to load external entity /home/gtaylor/.gnome2/yelp-bookmarks.xbel error is no big deal07:05
jeffschSquishyWaffle: i get that error all the time07:05
jeffschSquishyWaffle: if yelp is not working for you, then it is some other problem07:05
mdkei have to dash off07:06
mdkesorry07:06
mdkecatch you later i hope07:06
jeffschnp07:06
SquishyWafflejeffsch: I was just looking at the KDE style guide and perhaps it may be better to link there as it's much more complete than my little cheat sheet. You already have it down near the end of the book07:09
SquishyWaffleI had to guess a lot of the tags from an example or two I found in the kde guides so mine not be entirely correct either.07:09
SquishyWafflemine might not be entirely correct :)07:09
jeffschdon't worry about that. if it's there, we can work on it. if it's not there...07:10
jeffschwe can start with what you did, then integrate the best of gnome and the best of kde07:11
jeffschand tailor it for our specific needs 07:11
SquishyWaffleok, I'll create a new section called: 'Syntax and Symbols'07:15
jeffschok. the styleguide is still in early stages, and it's normal for it to be unstable right now07:16
jeffschit doesn't need to be stable until July 31 or thereabouts07:16
jeffschSquishyWaffle: thanks for your help! Is there more to come?07:17
SquishyWaffleMore to come being more tags?07:17
jeffschhehe. that, and more in general. I don't want to be the only one doing styleguide07:18
SquishyWaffleI'd be glad to help but I need direction in some areas07:19
jeffschthe more people the better. That way it will be a better document (I hope)07:19
SquishyWaffleI'm not a huge grammer person, more of a aesthetics and flow person07:19
jeffschthat's good. the guide needs that stuff too.07:20
=== SquishyWaffle plays with the inflatable air baggy Amazon.com puts in their boxes now :)
jjessei love those little baggies08:35
jjessei call them emergency pillows :)08:35
SquishyWaffleI'm waiting for one of my labmates to return so I can scare the mess out of her when I pop it08:37
jjessegrin thats funny08:43
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SquishyWafflehrm, I see the WIki doc on taking screenshots but not re-sizing them09:51

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