GS Macro Chapter replacement

Should be fixed now. Thanks! --Jean

Hi :frowning:

It's still the wrong one on the wiki and on the website
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation
(same file?)
GS Ch13 "Getting Started With Macros" The Odt that is uploaded doesn't have the
comparison stuff.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

OK, something's wrong; the wiki may be pointing to the wrong filename,
not the file I just uploaded. I found this problem on a couple of
other GS chapters in the past; the wiki has some old files on it that
are not being updated as they should.

The website simply points to the wiki, so yes there is only one file.

I'll look into it. Please tell me the actual filename you are getting,
not the title of the file. That should help me track down what I
should be fixing.

--Jean

Hi :slight_smile:
The tool-tips when i hover with the mouse says
0113GS3-GettingStartedWithMacros.pdf
and when i download it it's called the same
0113GS3-GettingStartedWithMacros.pdf
and that's the name that appears when i go in to edit the wiki. There doesn't
appear to be a redirect hidden in the page's coding.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

It's correct for me, when I open it in the browser directly from the
link on http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation
or when I download it and open it.

Sounds like a problem at your end at this point.

--Jean

Lol, that would be interesting. I can try it from a few different machine
tomorrow. Err, today. Ooops, i had better try to sleep. It so late it's gone
past being early again!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

I suppose that I have good news and bad news... Hey, it is the same news..... It works for me and looks fine.

I do take exception to a few items that were done while converting this from OOo to LO (as it were); and perhaps a few dumb things that I may have done, but, I won't bother to go back and check. Note, I only looked at the PDF.

The last page recommends that the user goes here for help:
http://wiki.services.LibreOffice/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide

I see two issues with this. First, the link showed in the text does not exist. Second, if you look at the link associated with this text, it takes you to something other than what the text states, name, http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide. If LO has a site, then point to it. If LO does not have a site, then leave the OOo site. My guess is that this was simply a global text search and replace. [note to self, try to not do this, then I would look really silly]. Note, on closer inspection, at least four links have been incorrectly set by this. Oh, I see another in Table 1 on page 18.

I found the very last text a bit amusing for this chapter:

Printed and eBook materials
The following books are available for download:

And then, nothing is listed. Just a wee bit amusing. Unclear what should go there, but, some of the previous links may be useful.

The screen shots showing OpenOffice.org macros rather than Libreoffice macros in screen shots of the macro organizer are probably fine, but, they are wrong. Lots of work to fix those... One example is Figure 6.

A glaring omission in the document is that it does not mention that LO requires that recording macros must be enabled (Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General and then check "Enable experimental (unstable) features). That is not required in OOo.

Any idea when the extensions library for LO will be online? It is referenced, but it takes you to a WIKI.

In retrospect, I should have just grabbed the ODT file, tracked changes, and started typing.... DUH! but I think that my computer time is finished for most of the rest of the evening.

Thanks for reporting these problems, Andrew.

Evidently the person who final-checked that file before publishing it
(probably me) did an unusually poor job. I will fix most of it, but I
may have to ask you questions about the screenshots.

I don't know about the timing of the LO extension library. I know it's
been under development for some time, but I don't know the latest info
about it.

--Jean

Andrew - thanks for the input.
Jean - if you need a hand with checking this I could help out a bit.
regards to you both
Martin

I will definitely take you up on that offer! In fact, if you wanted to
grab the file and make all the corrections Andrew noted and check on the
unclear things and fix the screenshots, I'm sure both he and I would be
delighted to have you do so. :wink:

P.S. thanks for all you work on the Draw Guide update! We couldn't have
done it without you.

Cheers, Jean

All,

...

> Any idea when the extensions library for LO will be online? It is
> referenced, but it takes you to a WIKI.

...

I don't know about the timing of the LO extension library. I know
it's been under development for some time, but I don't know the
latest info about it.

The new extensions repository[1] is still under development but will
probably soon replace[2] the wiki page.

[1] http://extensions2.libreoffice.org/
[2] http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/msg05737.html

Nino

Ok, downloaded the GS chapter from Signor Alfresco, printed it and will
look at it over the weekend.

regards
Martin

Excellent....

I can try to make the fixes myself this weekend if you desire. Screen shots might be a problem since I am on Fedora with the latest version of gnome. Unsure how to generate a screen shot that would match anything else. Probably not as obvious if I ignore the main window bar, however.

Slowly trying to plug-away at an updated version of OOME as well. There does not seem to be enough time in the day.

Did I mention that I do not like the LO color scheme? Something about the green feels very busy. Never felt that way about the blue in OOo. Odd. Nice twist for marking things such as tips, by the way. Off to work with me now.

Andrew, if you and/or Martin can do the job of updating the chapter,
that would be best. I really don't have time. Don't worry about matching
the appearance of screenshots, and as you say differences are less
obvious when you leave off the title bar.

--Jean

Hi :slight_smile:
Don't worry about screen-shots while editing text. It seems to be easier to do
all the screen-shots in one go and editing in a separate session. Perhaps
people are getting so good at it that they make it look easy. Either way don't
worry about it now.

Don't the Ubuntu themes work on Fedora?
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Production#Sample_screenshots
Marc Pare managed to find something similar for Mageia so if you are desperate
you might have some luck too.

I love the green. It's rich, warm and friendly. I lived in a desert for quite
a while. After the rains things grow extremely fast and keep growing fast as
long as they can and then die under the merciless blue sky.

Back in England i had a weird feeling that i might get smothered by the greenery
here. I don't suppose you live in a desert?

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Jean
I did the edit and uploaded the revised doc into the Documentation,
Getting Started Guide, Reviewed Folder, for wont of a better place to put
it.

I hope I picked up the ideas of Andrew ok.

regards
Martin

Thanks, Martin. A quick look suggests that a few links still need
correcting, and the contact email for the LO docs group is out of date
(as it is in all the chapters that were published before the list
addresses changed), but those are editorial details that I or someone
can deal with later, if Andrew doesn't catch them too.

I see you have done the figure updates as well as some text, so that's a
big help.

Andrew, over to you to see if Martin's got it right.

--Jean

Ummm, well, ummm. I do not have any access to the LO Alfresco stuff, so, if someone can send the file to me until I work out that little detail....

I'll set up an account for you and also send the file to you. Give me 10
minutes. --Jean