Ch1-4 of GS4.2 published

[jeanweber]

I have published chapters 1 through 4 of Getting Started with LO 4.2.
Milos, you probably want to go through Ch4 and possibly the others; if
you do, we can then replace the published chapters.
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/published-lo-4.2

I'm working on other chapters this weekend; they will either go into
Feedback or Published. I'll let you know.

Meanwhile, carry on team! Would be nice to get this book done by
mid-April, before I disappear on a 5-week trip without Internet access
much of the time. Not that you can't finish the book without me, but
experience suggests that is unlikely to happen.

Cheers, Jean

[milossramek]

Dňa 29.03.2014 07:42, Jean Weber wrote / napísal(a):

I have published chapters 1 through 4 of Getting Started with LO 4.2.

Dear Jean,

Milos, you probably want to go through Ch4 and possibly the others; if
you do, we can then replace the published chapters.
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/published-lo-4.2

I've uploaded one file as a test - it is now in the "Pending review" status. Is this what did you mean by "then replace the published chapters"?

I have a question ragarding Chapter 2:
there is the following text on page 27:

[John_Smith]

Hi Milos
By default, the Lightproof Grammar Checker checks only for the duplication of the words 'and', 'or', 'for' and 'the'.
By enabling the option described in the guide, the text is checked for the duplication of all words.

Regards
JohnS

[jeanweber]

So that needs rewording. "Number of" is misleading.

[Milos_Sramek]

Hi John,

Dňa 31.03.2014 20:03, John Smith wrote / napísal(a):

Hi Milos
By default, the Lightproof Grammar Checker checks only for the duplication of the words 'and', 'or', 'for' and 'the'.
By enabling the option described in the guide, the text is checked for the duplication of all words.

I see. However, the checker either does not work at all, or it is disabled in my LO and I do not know how to switch it on. I've even read Chapter 4, to find out :(.

In fact I first thought that the opposite was right, since all replicated words were always underlined by a blue wavy line. Only later I've realized that these were detected by the Languagetool grammar checker, I've installed earlier.
Btw, do you know why lightproof was included by default in LO and not Languagetool? The second has a very active community and is supported for many languages. One can install it as an extension, but still I do not understand the decision.

best
Milos

[jeanweber]

I have changed one sentence in the chapter and republished it.
(I used the cleaned copy you sent me today, Milos.)

--Jean

[John_Smith]

I've reworded this explanation and replaced the file on ODF.

Regards
JohnS

[John_Smith]

Hi Milos
Firstly of course, the extension as to be installed in your particular system. The 'English spelling dictionaries ...' is installed by default in the English language versions of LibO.
Check in 'Tools - Extension Manager' to see if it's there. If it is, click on it and then click on the 'Options' button to bring up the dialogue where you can set these extra checks to be done in the grammar checker.
I have no idea why this extension is used in preference to any other, that's a question you would have to ask on the Developer's mailing list :).
Duplicate word finding works ok on my system. Not all the options selectable work however, but that's for the bug-fixers to deal with. The bug report was made on the 17th Feb and appears to be still awaiting triage.

Regards
JohnS