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This is the status of the Gentoo Documentation Project. It will be posted |
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regularly, but not with a static frequency. All questions can be posted to |
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gentoo-doc@g.o or to me personally. |
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The Gentoo Documentation Project, from now on abbreviated to GDP, has its own |
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project page (just like almost all other Gentoo projects). You can find it at |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp. |
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This status mail will briefly discuss the following tasks, objectives and/or |
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projects related to the GDP: |
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- Supported languages |
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- PDF documentation |
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- GuideXML Update |
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- Gentoo Handbook |
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- WYSIWYG editor |
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- Stylesheets |
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** Supported languages |
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The Danish translations are fully integrated in the documentation project. Their |
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documentation can be found at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/da/index.xml. We welcome |
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broeman and Aaby to our team :) |
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Dertobi123 has also joined our team as new lead translator for the German |
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language. He has taken over Pylon's position. We ofcourse also welcome |
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dertobi123 aboard :) |
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** PDF documentation |
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As is mentioned in previous status mails, we will create PDFs using FOP. |
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However, development of the script is on a hiatus until the new infrastructure |
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design is ready to be deployed (namely having webnodes sync from a master |
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webnode instead of from the gentoo cvs server). |
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** GuideXML Update |
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The GuideXML format, used to develop the documentation, has been extended with |
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the possibility to identify chapters or sections so that internal references are |
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dealt with more easily. More information on this can be found at [1] |
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** Gentoo Handbook |
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The part on "Installing Gentoo" is now the official source for installation |
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instructions. The "older" installation guides are still maintained though up |
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until the new Gentoo Linux comes out. |
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** WYSIWYG editor |
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ian@g.o is working on a (GPL'd) tool that allows editors to create |
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documents through a webbased WYSIWYG editor. Currently it works but lacks some |
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necessary features, such as 100% GuideXML compliance, and the use of the Coding |
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Style. However, the project looks very promising. Certainly one to keep an eye |
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on :) |
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** Stylesheets |
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The guide-print.xsl style has been updated so that the printable versions of our |
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documentation is really printable. Before, a margin was left unprinted, |
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rendering the "printer friendly" feature useless. |
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[1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.documentation/688 |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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^__^ And Larry saw that it was Good. |
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(oo) Sven Vermeulen |
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