Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Translating Math Guide

[Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hi :)
The clincher for me was learning that styles cascade so that if you change one then that change gets pushed through to the other styles settings while retaining the change in font-size and stuff.  It's really quite amazing.  In MS Word it would randomly change styles and that would suddenly switch me into american spellings even though i kept demanding it switch to English (Uk).  LO gives far better control over all that and stops bullet points suddenly changing size and shape or numbering going wonky for no good reason.  LO wins hands-down imo, and one of the reasons is the way styles are handled.  
Regards from
Tom :)  


--- On Tue, 24/7/12, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Translating Math Guide
To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Tuesday, 24 July, 2012, 16:53

Answers in your mail.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:53 PM, jumbo444 <jumbo4444@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
> First question is why using specific styles for doing the same thing as
> default styles?


This decision was made about 8 years ago and will probably be changed.
We want to have a completely revised and updated template for the user
guides for LO4.0.


> Now in Math Guide there are up to 4 (four) styles for doing
> the same thing...When you use automatic
> style (for instance adding a legend) you have to change style. So what are
> the advantages of using these styles?


Multiple styles are because of the long history of the guide, without
duplicate styles being removed as they should be.


> This document seems to have a long history with many writers. I'm favor of
> reordering some parts. Is it possible to do it in the French version, prior
> it is validated in the English one?


Yes, please do in the French version first, and also, if you wish, in
the English version.
We recently added some material translated from German.


> A French How-To Math exists with some extra stuff compared to Math Guide. Is
> it possible to add these elements to French Math Guide prior it is validated
> in the English one?


Yes, please do the French version first.


> There exists a chapter Getting Started with Math. I rapidly read through it,
> and what are the differences with the Math Guide, except appendix?


I think the latest Math Guide has extra information translated from
German, that is not in the Getting Started chapter, but it's possible
the chapter was changed too. Originally there was no difference except
for the Appendix. In fact, at one time there was no Math Guide, only
the Getting Started chapter.


> The first page is a picture. Where can I get the sources to translate it?


https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#First_steps_with_the_Documentation_team
has two .svg files. All the guides are included, in layers.


> I made some suggestions of additions and corrections (complete appendix) and
> uploaded a modified version of the English Math Guide on the wiki:
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:MG35_LBP-MathGuide.odt


Thank you!

--Jean

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