May 2007 - openSUSE Documentation - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-doc] LfL doesn't compiles on openSUSE 10.3 a4!
by Alexey Eremenko 25 May '07

25 May '07

Hi all ! LfL doesn't compiles on openSUSE 10.3 alpha 4! Packages: alexey@opensuse103a4:~/LfL/books/en> rpm -q susedoc susedoc-4.2_20070321-1 alexey@opensuse103a4:~/LfL/books/en> rpm -q fop fop-0.20.5-121 alexey@opensuse103a4:~/LfL/books/en> rpm -qa | sort | grep -i java java-1_5_0-sun-1.5.0_update11-15 java-1_5_0-sun-plugin-1.5.0_update11-15 I got the full LfL: svn checkout https://forgesvn1.novell.com/svn/lfl/trunk LfL I did: make html The error: Writing html/lessons4lizards/ln-id2583250.html for legalnotice runtime error: file file:///usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/1.72.0/lib/lib.xsl line 212 element value-of Internal error in xsltValueOf(): failed to cast an XPath object to string. make: *** [html/lessons4lizards/index.html] Error 10 Anybody has the same problem ? -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] [STYLE] Installation Source vs. Repository
by Rebecca Walter 23 May '07

23 May '07

Here is a reminder of the pros and cons of the two primary options. Although we had some other suggestions, none seemed to offer any improvement over these two choices: Installation Source ------------------- Advantages ---------- Likely to be understandable to new users (installation source=source of installation=what you install from) Applicable to any acceptable installation media or other format, including future development Familiar to long-time SUSE users Less work to implement (already used in documentation and in large parts of YaST) Disadvantages ------------- Possible confusion with program sources Repository or Software Repository --------------------------------- Advantages ---------- Used in some non-SUSE tools Familiar to users from other distros Disadvantages ------------- Possible confusion with SVN or CVS repository Meaning not clear to users coming from Windows or MacOS or that are new to computers Connection to one specific type (there are valid options that don't have repo directories) Requires extensive changes in documentation and software Would conflict with YaST source code (this _is_ a real disadvantage because it makes the code more confusing and it is a goal to have readable YaST code) Definitions don't seem very applicable to CD and DVD media ***** It is pretty clear from this list that "installation source" is the best option we have at this time. Of the many repositories available online, some are valid installation sources for SUSE but some are not. To help users familiar with the repository terminology or looking for installation sources, I recommend that we mention repositories as one of possible types of installation sources in help texts of the relevant applications and in the manuals. "Installation source" should be used to refer to all resources that serve as valid sources for installation of the entire system or packages using the standard package management systems of SUSE Linux and openSUSE. It is the only term for these resources that should be used in the UI of applications. I will make the appropriate changes to the style guides. Unfortunately, 10.3 is likely to be a transitional release, so we may have inconsistencies in this version. If other terms appear in our applications or documentation for 10.3 betas and later, please file enhancement or minor bug reports to remind the developers to fix these issues. Alpha versions are very unlikely to have the changes. Sincerely, Rebecca Walter Style Guide Maintainer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] LfL: Roles
by Thomas R. Jones 22 May '07

22 May '07

Hello all, I have been reviewing the LfL project over the last few days. It seems the project is in its infancy but shows promise. How has the process of editing been handled? I have noticed a considerable amount of broken English --- as is commonly the case when an individual writes in a secondary language. Although I can understand the meanings, the sentence presentation makes it rather difficult for a reader to comprehend. How would I be able to extend to the community my hand as an editor? I feel very comfortable wearing both the author and editorial hats; but definitely would like to refrain from "stepping on any toes" so to speak. Also, there are a few topics that I began to write for fedora that I would like to go ahead and present to the opensuse community as well: Securing Filesystems Host Integrity Monitoring Installation of OVAL Installation of XSDL OVAL Administration Digitally signed and encrypted firewall rulesets If anyone would like to work in conjunction with me on these topics or similar topics, just email me. Thanks you all for your time. Thomas

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[opensuse-doc] lfl: New chapter on digikam magic
by Jana Jaeger 21 May '07

21 May '07

Hey fellow LfLers, I am planning on writing a sort of digikam tutorial to complement the digikam chapter we have in the openSUSE docs which is much more of an overview than a tutorial. Question is - what to include to make this worthwile. So far I have: Importing Images download from camera, import folders, scanner Fixing and Tweaking hot pixels, red eyes, some distortion correction Managing Colors some theory on Histograms, Color curves, white balance etc. plus how to use those to make your images work Applying Effects Composition and Cropping Some general blurb on composition, a few links for the gory details (I'd be grateful if any of you sent me some I might not know) plus digikams cool crop assistant Batch Processing Images RAW Image Conversion Exporting Your Image Collection flickr etc. What else should I add to make this a comprehensive walkthrough to image processing with digikam? Any ideas? Cheers, Jana -- Jana Jaeger jjaeger(a)suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Documentation Maxfeldstr. 5 +49 (0) 911 74053-0 D-90409 Nuernberg http://www.novell.com/linux SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)

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[opensuse-doc] How-to emulate mouse via keyboard ?
by Alexey Eremenko 20 May '07

20 May '07

Anybody knows anything about Mouse emulation in X ? (via keyboard) I was able to find this: http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/KB/XwinXmouse But it lacks ability to right-click and no ability to change mouse speed. This is important to find, because I would like to document this feature of Linux. I sometimes work with very bad mice. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] LfL: new articles
by Alexey Eremenko 17 May '07

17 May '07

hi all ! I have written 2 new articles recently: -Virtualization Theory: which explains 4 different approaches in Virtualization. Emulation, Full Virtualization, Para-Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization. With this article, I hope that openSUSE will seriously re-think our Virtualization policy and start more aggressive politics on that front. More specifically, I would like faster inclusion of different virtualization technologies into the distro. Susers themselves will decide what fits them best. Our current Xen-centric strategy is wrong ! -Building a Linux Kernel: which explains to the newbies why they may need a kernel upgrade plus how to build a vanilla kernel from sources. Enjoy ! -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] LfL: Few Questions
by Thomas R. Jones 16 May '07

16 May '07

Hello, I was wondering what the target grading was for readability? Also, is there not a common novell/suse/opensuse entity file for inclusion into all documents? Thanks. Thomas

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[opensuse-doc] Online Manual input source
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 15 May '07

15 May '07

As a subscriber to the opensuse-users list for a few years and seeing the queries that are answeered there, may I suggest that the mailing list posts become a part of the online manual as it is here, in opensuse-users that many problems are solved. I have often thought of using the opensuse list as a source to write my own SUSE manual but have problems getting started, especially i.t.o. f the structure/contents. I am unsure how to do it across distro versions but if someone at OpenSUSE could have final say on wheher a wiki entry is published or not, I am almost sure that this would be an excelent example of opensource sharing. What are you folk' thoughts on this? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] LFL: Topic mapping
by Thomas R. Jones 11 May '07

11 May '07

Hello everyone, I recently submitted myself as a candidate for authoring LFL literary pieces of work and was wondering how coordination of topics was handled. More precisely how does one coordinate a requested topic and/or subtopic with the document community at large? There does not seem to be a wiki page with requested documents and/or author submitted topics. Is the mailinglist utilized as a topic submission medium? I have worked with the fedora documentation team and this is how the topic coverage and progression is handled. Is there something similar in openSUSE? Cheers. Thomas

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[opensuse-doc] Fwd: [Gimp-docs] ODF Support
by Alexey Eremenko 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hi All ! The GIMP teams says they found a way to generate ODF from DocBook XML. Maybe we could do the same... This could be beneficial for LfL. Here is the original message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roman Joost <romanofski(a)gimp.org> Date: May 4, 2007 1:25 AM Subject: [Gimp-docs] ODF Support To: GIMP Docs <gimp-docs(a)lists.xcf.berkeley.edu> Hi folks, I added the docbook2odf support today. To create ODF files, grab the docbook2odf package from: http://open.comsultia.com/docbook2odf/ Run the configure script again and create ODF files by typing: make odf It was very slow on my machine because of a preprocessing step (it copied every single image to a temporary directory). I'd like to get some comments if someone tries to create ODF files. Cheers, -- Roman Joost www: http://www.romanofski.de email: romanofski(a)gimp.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGOmFe8CscaEkpx0IRAk9rAJkBCePpRlAY9zrl+rA3+KA7YiieQwCfTUn/ 1OWpa5daI7+q+oBVLoQySJs= =SlUB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gimp-docs mailing list Gimp-docs(a)lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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