[IAEP] [FM Discuss] updating the Sugar manual for 0.84 release

[Sean DALY]

Well... that's 9:00 AM EST on Monday, so maybe Sunday night is more accurate

The possibility exists there will be a wave of traffic, so the sonner
the better ;-)

thanks Anne

Sean



On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Anne Gentle <annegentle at gmail.com> wrote:
> My apologies. I hear "eight four" and transcribe in my head to eight dot
> four, but it is point eight four. Thanks for clarifying.
>
> Thank you Walter for signing up for chapters!
>
> Also, Sean, thank you for the date update. Let's make our goal 3/16 instead
> of 3/13. I'm delighted to get three more days.
> Thanks,
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Anne Gentle <annegentle at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all -
>> > I'm Anne Gentle and I've been working as a volunteer with FLOSS Manuals
>> > to
>> > coordinate the Sugar and OLPC documentation over the last year and a
>> > half.
>> >
>> [snip]
>> > I'd like for people to jump in on any chapter they can help with.
>> > Ideally we
>> > can complete revisions and screenshot updates by March 13th to
>> > coordinate
>> > with the software release itself. I'll keep an eye on the content on
>> > that
>> > date and determine the best course of action, but I'd like to keep that
>> > as
>> > our goal. Register for a login with FLOSS Manuals if you do not already
>> > have
>> > one at
>> >
>> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Main/UserRegistration?origurl=/bin/view/Main/WebHome.
>> >
>> [snip]
>> > The Frame - http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/TheFrame
>> > Double-check all screenshots and descriptions to ensure they still match
>> > current reality.
>> >
>> > The Journal - http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/TheJournal
>> > Double-check all screenshots and descriptions to ensure they still match
>> > current reality.
>>
>> I'll volunteer for this one.
>>
>> > Personalizing Sugar -
>> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/Personalising
>> > This chapter is about the control panel. I believe the Control Panel
>> > screen
>> > has changed (for example, it no longer says About your XO). Frame
>> > Configuration may have changed. Software Update may have changed.
>> >
>> > Launching Activities -
>> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/LaunchingActivities
>> > Resuming from Journal may have changed. Journal inteface may have
>> > changed
>> > requiring screenshot updates. Turtle Art's interface has changed and the
>> > screenshot should be updated. Frame icons around "Stop" may have
>> > changed.
>> >
>> > Installing Activities -
>> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/InstallingActivities
>> > All of this chapter's screenshots should be updateed to show where you
>> > download Activities now.
>>
>> I am hoping the team that built the addons site
>> (activities.sugarlabs.org) would be the correct group to work on a
>> refactoring of this chapter.
>>
>> > Activities Sampler -
>> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/FindingActivities
>> > Turtle Art screenshot should be changed. Double-check all screenshots
>> > and
>> > descriptions to ensure they still match current reality. Add InfoSlicer
>> > Activity in the sampler set and take a screenshot. See if other
>> > Activities
>> > have been added that belong in the sampler.
>>
>> I can help with this one too.
>>
>> > Turtle Art Demonstration -
>> > http://flossmanuals.net/write/WebHome/TurtleArt/
>> > Double-check all screenshots and descriptions to ensure they still match
>> > current reality.
>> >
>> > Getting Connected -
>> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/ConnectingNetwork
>> > The Frame screenshot after Step 4: Checking the connection should be
>> > checked. I don't think the rest of the screenshots need to change but do
>> > double-check.
>> >
>> > Backing Up - http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/BackingUp
>> > Double-check all screenshots and descriptions to ensure they still match
>> > current reality.
>> >
>> > Conserving Disk Space -
>> > http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar/8_4/ConservingDiskspace
>> > Double-check all screenshots and descriptions to ensure they still match
>> > current reality.
>> >
>>
>> -walter
>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
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