[IAEP] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84

[Sean DALY]

Yes Caryl, I will create an account and try my hand at editing :-)


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:22 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> Yes,
>
> New information can be added at any time to FM manuals at
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/WebHome .  (You will
> need to register and login to make changes)
>
> The document maintainer, if this case Anne, will copy edit your
> changes and push them to the published version of the document.
>
> FM works like a wiki with a couple of checks and balances.  It is a
> good compromise between wikis and traditional publishing.
>
> David
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> OK...so can this information be added to the new Sugar Guide?
>>
>> Caryl
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:25:33 +0100
>>> Subject: Re: [IAEP] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84
>>> From: sdaly.be at gmail.com
>>> To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
>>> CC: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
>>>
>>> Greetings Caryl,
>>>
>>> I agree with you and in fact I've been very pleased to run Sugar v0.84
>>> at full screen in virtualization on a Mac Mini, following the
>>> instructions at this link: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads
>>> easily reachable from the homepage of www.sugarlabs.org
>>>
>>> (note: the download link onthe "Sugar on a Stick VirtualBox" page
>>> appears to be broken it should be
>>> http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/appliances/soas2-20090321.tar.gz)
>>>
>>> We are still updating those wiki pages and the Mac page does need to
>>> make clearer that Sugar will only run on an Intel processor Mac. It's
>>> a pity because I'm sure lots of schools have older Macs (I have a
>>> bunch at the house myself).
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi...
>>> >
>>> > The new Sugar manual looks very professional. You folks have done a
>>> > great
>>> > job.
>>> >
>>> >  I was, however, disappointed to find that, although running it on a Mac
>>> > is
>>> > mentioned, the instructions for doing it are not included.  The
>>> > education
>>> > world in the US is mostly a Mac world.  A lot of people would like to
>>> > run it
>>> > on their classroom machines.
>>> >
>>> > If it currently only works on Intel based machines, could we at least
>>> > include instructions for that?  Meanwhile, is anyone working on getting
>>> > it
>>> > to run on Power PC Macs?  I have both and can test it whenever it is
>>> > ready
>>> > and you send me the info on getting it.
>>> >
>>> > Caryl
>>> >
>>> >> ------------------------------
>>> >>
>>> >> Message: 6
>>> >> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:52:08 -0500
>>> >> From: Anne Gentle <annegentle at gmail.com>
>>> >> Subject: [IAEP] status on Sugar Guide for 0.84
>>> >> To: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org, discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
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>>> >>
>>> >> Hi all -
>>> >> I am thinking the Sugar Guide is ready for one last look before I
>>> >> publish
>>> >> to
>>> >> PDF and HTML.
>>> >>
>>> >> It's still on the WRITE side of FLOSS Manuals, so feel free to do any
>>> >> last-minute proofing and edits here:
>>> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/WebHome
>>> >>
>>> >> We had some technical hurdles to overcome since it's our first version
>>> >> update on a manual (way to lead the way Sugar!). But I think enough
>>> >> bugs
>>> >> are
>>> >> worked out to allow publishing tomorrow (Friday 3/27).
>>> >>
>>> >> Final items:
>>> >>
>>> >> 1. Walter or someone with python knowledge, could you review the
>>> >> "Modifying Sugar" chapter at
>>> >> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/ModifyingSugar? I had to
>>> >> take all the code examples (python and svg xml) and put them into
>>> >> images
>>> >> so
>>> >> that the PDF generation will work.
>>> >> 2. There's a problem with misnumbered chapters for which I've logged a
>>> >> trac issue and Aco has taken: http://adam.engagetv.com/trac/ticket/81.
>>> >> 3. Walter, David, and Adam - let's talk about getting an ISBN for this
>>> >> book if we want to sell it on Amazon. If we do decide to sell it on
>>> >> Amazon,
>>> >> we'll need a new book cover to match Crown Quarto dimensions. (The
>>> >> dimensions are 190mm x 250mm and the page count is 226.)
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks, all, for your assistance and patience.
>>> >>
>>> >> Anne
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Anne Gentle
>>> >> email: annegentle at justwriteclick.com
>>> >> blog: www.justwriteclick.com
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