Thursday March 26th 2020, 18:00 UTC
Presents: Toni Blackwelder, Dave Barton, Steve Fanning, Alain Romedenne,
Dan Lewis, Olivier
IRC chanel:
https://irc.documentfoundation.org/?settings=#libreoffice-doc
Telegram Group
https://t.me/joinchat/ALeRuUFCxyZY0wzoddldWQ
TDF Jitsi Room
https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/tdfdocteam
Topics and Discussion:
Toni:
Where are the images stored?
+ Images (PNG,JPG) are stored inside the chapter
+ Quality is preserved
+ Better not use OLE obejcts (e.g. Drawings)
+ Convert to image
+ Prevent exporting to alien formats, e.g. ePub
+ Keep source drawings in a folder or file
Dave: Advise newcomers on writing techniques
+ no empty paragraph
+ use styles intensely
+ No direct formatting
+ will update Contributor Guide w/ Jean Weber (Dave)
+ I can help to synch with wiki (olivier)
Steve Fanning: The review process
+ Reviewer need to go thru all examples listed in the chapters
(Dave, Steve)
+ Issue with buggy sofwtare, the Base case (Steve)
+ We don't write about bugs, software is supposed to work
(Olivier)
+ Suggestion: Check with a release that works, it will be
fixed some day
+ ToniB: Note somewhere what is the version of the software the
author and reviewer is using.
+ Dave: Put in the control spreadsheet
AI: Message to list with advises
Pulkit:"LibreOffice Tutorials"
-Should I rewrite tutorials written by Bernard Poole in LibreOffice
Documentation format?
+ Answered earlier in IRC:
+ No objections to add more documentation (Olivier)
Dave: Place Bruce Byfield book as reference
Alain: Provide LibO Basic syntax diagrams for local/online help
+ Mockup diagrams available in
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:LibreOfficiant/Syntax
+ WiP content in
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/apps/files/?dir=/LibreOffice%20Documentation/English/Basic%20Guide%20-%20WiP/Related%20materiel&fileid=290697
+ .svg diagrams are favoured, but I have no .svg edition skills,
however I can provide .png templates/models if need be
+ A syntax only Basic booklet could be produced, aside of a missing
Basic guide
Q: Licensing of current tool not checked yet!
Q: How about integrating .png inside local/online help for the time
being?
+ No problem if PNG.
Next meeting : *THURSDAY* April 9th 2020 at 18:00 UTC.