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nixternaloi!12:18
nixternalhmm, how does that guy manage to get through w/o the Wiki sending me an email?12:19
mdkemaybe you don't get mail for attachments12:20
nixternalhrmm, very well could be12:20
nixternalholy jesus. so it was all nudies again?12:22
mdkenixternal is wishing he got those emails :)12:22
nixternalpeople can't even spam stuff respectfully12:22
nixternalhaha mdke not really12:23
mdke"if you want to spam the wiki, please spam it with useful and relevant documentation"12:23
nixternalhaha yes12:23
nixternalor if you want to be an idiot, spam it with BSD junk or SuSE junk :)12:23
nixternalDAMN! there was a shemale one!!!12:25
nixternalhahahaha12:25
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nixternalomg12:32
nixternalplease no tubgirl12:33
nixternalyou know, I started a pretty horrid campaign years back, and when you googled tubgirl, my name would pop up first12:33
mptWhat was horrid about that? Wouldn't that be saving people from themselves?12:36
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willvdlnixternal, you were tubgirl?12:50
tonyyarussoI'm not sure I want to know...12:52
nixternalewww12:52
jjessethat will haunt my dreams forever if it is true12:52
jjessenixternal: how did that debdiff go?12:52
mdkenixternal: so, I'm thinking vaguely about changing the structure of the new structure :(12:53
nixternalI need to redo it, to fix one other thing. I am getting ready for my Psychology class (maybe than can tell me what's wrong)12:54
nixternals/than/they12:54
mdkethe problem is translations: we need to have a way to keep the po files separately for each document, and I think the only way to do that properly is going to be to have a structure like ubuntu/documentname/C/documentname.xml12:54
mdkeas opposed to the current ubuntu/C/documentname/documentname12:54
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nixternaltrunk/ubuntu/sysdocs/games/C/games.xml ??12:55
mdkewell, yeah, without the sysdocs12:56
nixternalwell, that would populate the main ubuntu dir and if someone besides you and I, or anyone else creating the packages, might just grab a bunch of nonsense (i.e., unused) and package it12:56
nixternalI know someone who did that with Kubuntu docs for Edgy (and it wasn't none of us)12:57
mdkewell, that won't happen this time12:57
mdkewe'll document things if necessary, but more importantly, I'm not going on holiday12:57
nixternalhehe12:57
mdkethe more serious issue is going to be linking between documents12:57
nixternalso I have noticed12:58
mdkeno, now it's fine12:58
mdkeI mean, if we change12:58
mdkethe way to do it is probably going to have to be to use the clever gnome/kde thing12:58
nixternalwell, for Kubuntu we build everything into HTML which is a waste of time12:58
nixternalif we took all of the Kubuntu docs and named then *.docbook then KHelpCenter will do the building natively12:58
nixternalmv *.xml *.docbook12:59
mdkeit's faster to have it as html though12:59
jjessethen we should follow docbook.template as well for kubuntu docs :)12:59
nixternalmdke: how so?12:59
mdkenixternal: because building something to html on the fly takes quite a lot of time12:59
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nixternalless than 1 second12:59
nixternalI have tested it over and over and have to when I build KDE docs12:59
mdkeanyway, that wasn't remotely related to what I was talking about01:00
mdkeI don't want to get into a discussion about that at midnight :)01:00
nixternalof course, to spead the process we can also create simple cache.tar.gz files as well but it isn't noticeable01:00
mdkeI was talking about links from one of our docs to the other01:02
nixternalmdke: yes, it works great for Yelp when you link to an xml file, but with Kubuntu docs, when we build the files out to HTML, the xml links stay as xml links, which makes them all broken01:03
mdkeright, so we should use the clever linking thing01:04
nixternalwhat i have been doing is this <ulink url="../directory/">Blah</ulink> that way there it will pick up the index.html file automatically and won't seem broken01:04
mdkeouch01:04
nixternalbut it makes it difficult to link to a specific header of course01:04
mdkebut kde has a clever linking thing, I can't remember what it is off the top of my head01:05
nixternalhelp:/01:05
mdkeright01:05
nixternalof course that is clever, but not for http://01:05
nixternalso putting it on help.ubuntu.com will cause nothing but a ton of broken links once again01:05
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mdkenixternal: well, there isn't any solution to that01:06
mdkefor help.u.c we should probably just export stuff to moin and integrate it with the wiki docs, I reckon01:06
nixternalsure there is. Kubuntu docs end with .docbook and we can link to ../blah/blah.docbook#blah and it will work in KHelpCenter, Konqueror, and when built to HTML it will work there as well01:06
mdkenixternal: how will that work when you put it on http?01:06
nixternalmdke: they will build out just like they did with the old desktop guide01:07
mdkethe old desktop guide didn't have any links to other documents01:07
mdkethere *isn't* any way of making links to other system docs work when built as html, that I'm aware of01:08
nixternalYes, but what I was trying to refer to is how with the old DG we could <xref linkend="doowop"/>01:08
mdkenixternal: that doesn't work with another document01:08
nixternalhrmm, you are right :)01:08
mdkeso, let's not worry about fixing something we can't fix01:08
nixternalbecause if I link to .docbook and it is an article and not a book/chapter format, it won't work01:08
mdkeso, I think we should change the directory structure and use the clever help:/ links01:09
nixternalthe help:/ links and linking ../directory/ will do pretty much the same unless I am linking to a KDE doc and not Ubuntu/Kubuntu doc01:10
mdkewell, it's less hacky01:10
nixternalor we just put PDF files on help.ubuntu.com :)01:10
mdkeand it will be better for linking to KDE docs01:10
nixternalmdke: I will go through and look at implementing the help:/ and testing it out of course01:11
mdkethere are about 100 links in the Ubuntu side :)01:11
nixternalI am scared to look on the Kubuntu side01:11
nixternalI need to blog and get some people to help with the Kubuntu side01:11
mdkefind a replace will work though01:11
nixternaljjesse and myself are going to implode01:11
mdkehopefully when people see a nice help system they'll want to contribute01:12
nixternalthis weekend I plan on a full doc sweep of Kubuntu stuff01:12
nixternalmdke: you know what is going to suck, what we are doing now on Kubuntu will all probably change for Feisty+101:12
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nixternalunless they continue with KHelpCenter01:13
nixternalhaha LaserJock01:13
nixternalLaserJock: next semester I have to take them stupid Physics courses, how much do you cost for homework consultation?01:13
nixternal;p01:13
LaserJockgenerally I cost $30/hr01:13
nixternalGreat, you said "generally", so that means I get it for free then :)01:13
LaserJockbut I might make a deal for a friend ;-)01:13
nixternalwow, I have a friend. Wait until I tell my family, they will be so proud of me :)01:14
nixternalnext semester is Math, Physics, Journalism, Tech Writing, and 2 programming courses01:15
nixternalJournalism and Tech Writing is so I can learn how to write effective documents for stuff like Kubuntu :p01:15
CIA-4Ubuntu Documentation: mdke * r3718 ubuntu/C/switching/ (5 files): Phil's patch01:15
nixternalwell well well, I see old Phill Bull is back!01:15
nixternalwhatever happened to Plug as well, he used to tear apart my stuff as it wasn't up to par for the NZ LUG :)01:16
mdkeoh, that's a good excuse to ask for svn access for him, I reckon01:16
mdkeanyone disagree?01:16
nixternalI definitely don't disagree for Phil01:16
nixternalhe is good to have01:16
nixternalalrighty, I need to get to class so I can get one of the good seats01:17
LaserJockoh geeze01:17
LaserJockI always stayed in the back01:17
nixternalhehe01:17
LaserJockI wonder how I've made it through 9 years of uni01:18
nixternalme too, then you get to see all the cute ones01:18
nixternalhaha01:18
LaserJocksee, there's your problem01:18
LaserJocktoo much distraction01:18
nixternaloh no!01:18
nixternalhaha01:18
nixternalLaserJock: it is either them or sleep01:18
LaserJockoh boy01:18
nixternalthis class goes until 9:30, I need something to waste my time on01:18
nixternalOK, enough procrastinating01:19
nixternalI just shreaded that word01:19
nixternallater01:19
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nixternaljjesse: building new package now (hopefully I didn't boog the rules with a typo)06:35
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nixternalboo03:46
bdmurrayboo who?04:01
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nixternalwhy are you crying?04:09
nixternalhaha04:09
nixternaltime for sKool04:09
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mdkeoooofff11:10
tonyyarussomurrrff11:10
mdkemy router has died11:10
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mdkeI've had to knock up some emergency internet using chicken wire and my flatmate's Windows XP computer :(11:11
dsassounds macguyver-esque11:13
tonyyarussowow11:13
mdkedsas: you wouldn't know how to make a speedtouch 330 work on Ubuntu would you?11:14
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mdkeI had a look at the guide but it looks bloody hard11:14
dsasmdke: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UKSpeedtouchDSLHowTo help?11:14
mdkeso so11:15
mdkethe thing that bothers me about it is that it's significantly different from the other speedtouch page11:15
dsashmm, they look the same except the UKSpeedtouchDSLHowTo refers you to somewhere else or an unofficial package to install the firmware11:17
mdkeafterwards the setting up the connection part is a lot easier on the UK page11:17
dsasalso the UKSpeedtouchDSLHowTo one only shows how to do PPPoA11:18
mdkeanyhow, I tried both without success so far, but I haven't tried installing the firmware yet because the thing seems to work on its own11:18
mdkethe lights come on ok when I plug it in11:18
mdkei probably need to try the firmware, but it's a drag.11:18
dsasheh, router shopping time tomorrow perhaps.11:19
mdkethey are sending me a new one, but it will take a couple of weeks I guess11:19
dsasah, BT provided one?11:19
mdkeno, i bought it a couple of years ago11:19
dsasstill has a return to base warranty? cool.11:20
mdkeafter 2 weeks trying to get the crappy speedtouch to work on gentoo :)11:20
mdkeyeah it's a lifetime warranty, they did good service actually - I rang up and told them the lights were offand no one was home, and they said, ok, we'll send a new one11:20
dsascool, which brand was that?11:21
mdkeBelkin, surprisingly11:21
mdkebut two weeks is going to be tricky11:21
dsasyeah I bet. Haven't a clue about a speedtouch personally, we bought a modem/router straight away...11:23
dsasmaybe someone in -UK will know. or more likely the forums.11:23
mdkeI'm sure it can be done, because I got it working in gentoo11:23
mdkeby that time, the router had arrived :)11:23
dsasheh, *insert joke about gentoo and compilation times*11:24
mdkemm11:25
mdkei'll try and share the internet on my flatmate's computer through his wireless network card, maybe that will work11:26
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