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=== ..[topic/#ubuntu-meeting:robitaille] : Agendas: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingAgendas | Calendar: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/event | Logs: http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/ | 02 Dec 22:00 UTC: DocTeam | 06 Dec 14:00 UTC: Community Council | 07 Dec 12:00 UTC: Edubuntu | 07 Dec 14:30 UTC: Accessibility Team | 08 Dec 02:00 UTC: Dapper Development Status | 16 Dec 16:00 UTC: Desktop team
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kjcoleHullo?  Is there a meeting about to happen?11:02
Seveasno11:03
Seveasor actually yes11:03
Seveasdocteam11:03
Seveasaccording to the agenda11:03
kjcoleSeveas, that's what I thought.  It just seemed a bit quiet.11:03
Seveasyeah11:04
LaserJockI'm here but I will probably be in-and-out 11:05
kjcoleIs anyone supposed to herd the cats?  (I'm just a cat here, not a cat-herder.)11:06
LaserJocklol, seems all the herders are missing :-)11:06
kjcoleMeow, then.11:07
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mdkeany docteam around?11:08
azeem23:01 < LaserJock> I'm here but I will probably be in-and-out11:09
mdkethanks azeem 11:09
mdkethe agenda is a bit sparse this week...11:10
kjcolemdke, ubuntu-doc11:11
mdkei'll hang around just in case anyone turns up11:15
LaserJockso is there a meeting or no?11:17
mdkein theory yeah11:18
LaserJockmdke: are the Burger's going to be here?11:19
kjcoleI'm making noise in some other channels to see if I can scare up people (or cats, as I said earlier).11:19
mdkenot sure LaserJock 11:21
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mdkeah, we can talk about the xml vs html issue if anyone has any immediate thoughts11:22
mdkei only just posted it to the list11:23
kjcoleOK.  What's a good validating XML editor?11:23
mdkei don't know one, why?11:24
kjcoleI'm fooling around with Conglomerate, but wonder what's available, because I'm writing a doc from existing sources in XML.11:24
kjcoleMy co-editor wants to throw it all out and go with Twisted Matrix's documentation system Lore.  He's very enthusiastic about it, but I see us going off on a tangent.11:25
kjcoleA few DocTeam members have said "Don't worry about the format.  Worry about the content.  We'll take care of the reformatting."11:26
mdkeis this edubuntu stuff?11:26
kjcoleIt just seemed silly to me not to take advantage of the existing format.11:26
kjcolemdke, yeah.  Edubuntu.11:26
mdkeyou have a different mailing list for edubuntu docs?11:26
kjcolemdke, I think I'm losing track.  I don't know. 11:27
mdke:)11:27
mdkei haven't heard of any of that stuff, so I guess you must!11:27
kjcolemdke, it wasn't in a mailing list.  It was either a docteam meeting or a edubutu meeting here.  More likely edubutu meeting.11:28
mdkeahh11:28
mdkewell i haven't heard of lore or conglomerate either :)11:29
kjcolemdke, it all blurs together for me as what I'm working on is trying to get accessible documentation for deaf students = docteam, edubutu, accessibility teams.11:29
mdkeah interesting11:30
mdkebut you're not using our repository to store the documentation?11:30
kjcoleConglomerate I found when I was looking for a validating XML editor.  Haven't played with it much yet, but it looks good.11:30
mdkeyou should feel free to if you like11:30
kjcolemdke, trying to learn everything: I'm fooling around in bzr for the moment.11:31
kjcolemdke, the branch is registered on Launchpad.11:31
mdkeah fair enough11:32
mdkecookbook?11:32
kjcolemdke, my big concern is that by trying to learn everything, I'll accomplish nothing.  (XML, DocBook, bzr, RCS in general, launchpad, and living in a Debian-like universe, when coming from a a RedHat one.)11:33
kjcolemdke, yep.  Cookbook.11:33
mdkeheh11:34
mdkei started learning xml and svn together11:34
mdkeyou kinda do whatever you can to get stuff done11:35
kjcolelore is a kind of watered-down XML or watered-up XHTML.  I'm not really impressed with what I've seen of it.  Docbook XML looks like it's more promising, but considerably more complex as well.11:35
mdkeah11:35
kjcole"lore" is the command to post-process the pages into something more standard. Conglomerate on the other hand, is a validating XML editor, not an XML processor... at least I don't think it is.11:36
mdkek11:37
mdkegedit is nice :)11:37
kjcolemdke, Does gedit do anything special?  (I thought it was just your basic editor.  I've used it a couple of times.)11:39
mdkesyntax highlighting, more or less ;)11:39
mdkei use the validation script in the docteam repo11:39
kjcolemdke, we should probably clear outa here, since as a meeting log, this is going to be useless to anyone else.11:39
mdkeyes11:40
mdkeis anyone interested in talking about any agenda items?11:40
mdkeany initial thoughts on whether to ship xml or html?11:40
LaserJockI am but I don't count for much11:42
LaserJockxml or xhtml?11:42
mdkeLaserJock, http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2005-December/004486.html11:43
rob1hi I'm here11:44
mdkerob1, no real meeting to speak of, hope you didnt quit your shopping for us11:44
rob1no11:44
mdkerob1, i was just asking for any initial thoughts on the xml vs html thread I just started on -doc and -desktop11:44
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rob1my wife wants me to burn a cd of photos so we can get them printed off11:44
LaserJockmdke: can we ship both but default to html?11:45
mdkeLaserJock, shipping both would be kinda confusing for the user11:45
rob1I think we should ship as html for now if we can, but I might if I get time have a crack at getting yelp to use our xslt if I get the time11:46
LaserJockmdke: does the user have to know?11:46
mdkeLaserJock, we can ship both but have only one appear in the yelp menu, for sure11:46
LaserJockmdke: that is what I meant11:46
mdkerob1, we can do that, but i don't really see the point in forcing the user to suffer the speed reduction11:46
LaserJockI like the sidbar, but it is slow11:46
LaserJock*sidebar11:46
rob1mdke, that is true.11:47
rob1how will it effect translations? 11:47
rob1html that is?11:47
mdkerob1, i'm pretty sure it won't affect them11:47
rob1mdke, what was the problem last time?11:47
mdkerob1, the About Ubuntu icon in the menu needs xml for translations to work11:47
rob1was that the only thing stopping us from shipping html last time11:48
rob1?11:48
mdkeafaics11:49
mdkethat, and the fact that I didn't know how to use scrollkeeper11:49
rob1just reading your email now..11:49
mdkei'll do some tests on the translations11:49
rob1even if it doesn't get its own app, can we convert it to xml and load it into launchpad for translations, then convert to html again like the rest of our docs?11:50
mdkeeh?11:50
mdkeabout ubuntu?11:51
rob1about ubuntu is html right?11:51
mdkeit is xml already11:51
rob1oh11:51
mdke:)11:51
rob1thats odd then11:51
rob1why couldn't that be shipped as html too along with the rest of our docs?11:52
mdkeit could, if the menu item is going to be something else11:52
mdkethe launcher from the menu needs it to be in xml11:52
rob1why?11:52
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mdkethe command is "yelp ghelp:about-ubuntu"11:53
mdkewhatever the hell that is, it wants xml11:53
rob1well the yelp man page sucks11:54
mdkeanything else of interest on the agenda?11:54
rob1have you looked at common-tasks.xml today?11:55
Riddellwhat's the status of single or split kubuntu/ubuntu packaging?11:55
mdkenot closelyt11:55
mdkeRiddell, where we left it I think. I can summarise:11:55
mdke"Hopefully we can get dholbach to do the work"11:55
rob1brian added some cd burning stuff, I think the whole page needs a face lift11:55
Riddellno dholbach here today I see11:56
mdkeRiddell, nah he's gone to bed i think11:56
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Riddelloh yes, I forget these europeans live in the future11:56
mdkerob1, i'd like to have a good extended discussion on the desktopguide11:56
mdkeRiddell, you're not european up there huh? >_<11:56
Riddellnot in the US I'm not :)11:56
rob1mdke, what about it?11:57
mdkeRiddell, you moved there?11:57
Riddellno, just this week11:57
mdkephew11:57
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mdkeRiddell, don't forget you're european tho, even while there11:57
mdkethat's pretty cool11:58
Riddellthey haven't assimilated yet, I don't even drink this Diet Mountain Due they feed us11:58
rob1ok I've got to go11:58
mdkerob1, those things I mailed you about: handling software installation, and structure of sections (qanda or split <para> and qanda)11:58
LaserJockRiddell:  Mountain Dew ;-)11:58
mdkeRiddell, good man11:58
rob1mdke, when I get time later today I will respond to all that 11:59
mdkerob1, great, in the meantime, i'm working on the css11:59
LaserJockdid the common preface, etc. get discussed11:59
rob1mdke, good :)11:59
mdkeLaserJock, not yet, i'll raise it with rob later on11:59
mdkeLaserJock, best to discuss on the list first I think, so rob and bhuvan can both comment12:00
rob1just quickly, I stole the preface for the faqguide because it needed extra info/some things changed to fit in12:00
mdkewe can talk it over via email12:00
rob1I can't see why we can't have the one universal one though, but make sure it is a valid xml file (with a header) so we can xinclude it12:00
rob1then it only has to be translated once12:01
mdke+112:01
rob1:)12:01
rob1ok got to go12:01
rob1bye12:01
LaserJockcya12:01
mdkebye12:01
mdkeJudax, thanks for coming, the meeting is a bit of a damp squib12:01
mdkewe're just chatting12:01
mdke:)12:01
Judaxwell, that is fun too12:02
LaserJockso what is the purpose of using xml then if we are just going to ship html?12:02
Judaxsounds like you are all drunk on mountain dew?12:02
LaserJockPepsi for me ;P12:02
mdkeLaserJock, docbook xml is more flexible for exporting to different formats, and we can translate it, too12:02
LaserJockmdke: but if everything is html then you don't have different formats. HTML is harder to translate than XML?12:03
mdkeyeah12:03
mdkeLaserJock, and don't forget we might want to make pdf's, that sort of thing12:04
mdkebut the translation is very important12:04
LaserJockmdke: right12:04
mdkeit's crazy hard to make pot files from html12:04

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