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[00:13] <Captainkrtek> hello
[00:16] <godbyk> Hey, Captainkrtek.
[00:17] <Captainkrtek> just got all setup with the ubuntu-manual, wondering how I can help :-)
[00:18] <godbyk> Captainkrtek: Cool. There are a number of different ways you can help.
[00:18] <Captainkrtek> havent used tex before
[00:18] <godbyk> We're finishing up proofreading the maverick edition.
[00:18] <Captainkrtek> oh cool
[00:18] <godbyk> We need to get that finished in the next two weeks so we can publish it.
[00:18] <Captainkrtek> I'd be glad to help in any way
[00:18] <godbyk> We've also started work on the Natty edition.
[00:18] <Captainkrtek> I have experience with natty as well
[00:19] <Captainkrtek> currently been writing docs and editing on the ubuntu-docs team
[00:19] <godbyk> We could use your help as an author, an editor, a programmer, or in other various ways.
[00:19] <godbyk> Take your pick! :)
[00:19] <Captainkrtek> I could be an editor, and possibly a programmer (depends on what is needed) :-)
[00:20] <godbyk> If you'd like to get started immediately, you can dive in and help copyedit the maverick edition.  We're in bug-hunting mode there.
[00:20] <Captainkrtek> sure! I need a quick rundown though, I followed the author setup
[00:20] <Captainkrtek> Have tex installed, and bzr branched the ubuntu-manual
[00:20] <godbyk> As a programming: if you know Python, you could help out with Quickshot.  If you know LaTeX or Docbook or things along those lines, I can come up with some work for you.
[00:21] <godbyk> Okay, great!
[00:21] <Captainkrtek> hmm not too familiar with those languages, more C, C#, and a bit of Java
[00:21] <godbyk> If you have TeX Live installed and you've branched the maverick repository, have you tried building the PDF yet?
[00:22] <Captainkrtek> No I haven't and im not sure I have maverick
[00:22] <godbyk> I can walk you through the process and help you get things set up, if you like.
[00:23] <Captainkrtek> yes I'd appreciate that, thanks :)
[00:23] <godbyk> Sure!
[00:23] <Captainkrtek> so right now, I have all of tex installed
[00:23] <Captainkrtek> and this branch bzr branch lp:ubuntu-manual
[00:23] <godbyk> If you open a terminal and change into the directory where you checked out the manual repository, we can see which branch you have.
[00:23] <Captainkrtek> okay
[00:23] <Captainkrtek> there
[00:24] <godbyk> If you run 'bzr info' it should tell you what the parent branch is.
[00:24] <godbyk> Does it end in 'maverick'?
[00:24] <Captainkrtek> nope
[00:24] <Captainkrtek> ill pastebin it
[00:24] <godbyk> Okay.
[00:24] <Captainkrtek> http://paste.ubuntu.com/602040/
[00:25] <godbyk> Okay, that should be the maverick edition, then.
[00:25] <Captainkrtek> k
[00:26] <godbyk> Have you run the install-pkgs.sh script yet?
[00:26] <Captainkrtek> yes
[00:26] <Captainkrtek> all checked out
[00:26] <godbyk> Perfect.
[00:26] <godbyk> Go ahead and run 'make'.
[00:26] <godbyk> It should compile the PDF.
[00:26] <Captainkrtek> let me just verify real quick
[00:26] <Captainkrtek> yup all good
[00:26] <godbyk> It may take a few minutes.
[00:27] <Captainkrtek> can I make multiple jobs?
[00:27] <Captainkrtek> like compiling a kernel
[00:27] <godbyk> Not in this one.
[00:27] <Captainkrtek> oh okay
[00:27] <godbyk> It's all one giant job.
[00:27] <Captainkrtek> aww my 6 cores have nothing to do ;-)
[00:27] <godbyk> Yeah, it's a fairly linear process, I'm afraid.
[00:27] <Captainkrtek> K done
[00:28] <Captainkrtek>  Success!  Wrote 164 pages
[00:28] <godbyk> Now you can run 'evince main.pdf' and you should see the manual.
[00:28] <Captainkrtek> very cool
[00:28] <Captainkrtek> Getting started with ubuntu 10.10
[00:29] <godbyk> Right now we're reading through the manual and fixing any typos or other bugs.
[00:29] <Captainkrtek> cool
[00:29] <Captainkrtek> I have experience with Q&A
[00:29] <Captainkrtek> QA*
[00:29] <godbyk> If you find a bug, you can just edit the appropriate .tex file, save it, and commit the changes to the bzr repository.
[00:29] <godbyk> Are you familiar with bzr?
[00:30] <Captainkrtek> yes I use bzr a bit
[00:30] <Captainkrtek> never used tex before though
[00:30] <godbyk> TeX isn't too bad.  You might find the style guide handy: <http://files.ubuntu-manual.org/style-guide.pdf>
[00:30] <godbyk> It gives a quick introduction to using LaTeX and shows you the syntax of all the commands we're using.
[00:30] <godbyk> If you have any LaTeX-related questions, feel free to ask me.
[00:30] <Captainkrtek> ahh cool
[00:31] <Captainkrtek> thanks :)
[00:31] <godbyk> Otherwise, it sounds like you're all set!
[00:31] <godbyk> Have fun editing the manual and thanks for your help!
[00:31] <Captainkrtek> thanks for the help! :)
[00:31] <godbyk> Again, feel free to ask me if you hit any snags or have any questions.
[00:31] <Captainkrtek> will do!
[00:31] <Captainkrtek> have to finish an essay real quick, after that I'll get to work
[00:32] <godbyk> No problem.
[00:32] <godbyk> :)
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[18:01] <godbyk> Hey, thorwil. Have you taken a look at the test with the narrower screenshots? What are your thoughts?
[18:18] <thorwil> godbyk: looks ok on screen, but didn't compare with the other
[18:19] <godbyk> 'kay. Figured I'd ping you for your opinion while I saw you here. :)
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