Screenshots, again

Earlier we had speculated on whether our custom-made "XP-Silver" theme
would work on Ubuntu 11.10. I've finally had a chance to try this and
was unsuccessful. This is quite likely user error :wink: but I don't know
enough about such things to trouble-shoot the problem.

However, I have found what I consider an acceptable replacement theme,
a combination of an GTK+ theme called "Adwaita" (shipped with Ubuntu
11.10) and a Window theme called Evolve, which must be downloaded and
installed. Note that using the Evolve GTK+ theme does not give the
desired result (the contrast is not good enough).

I have written this up here, along with a screenshot and instructions
on downloading and installing Evolve:

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Production#Sample_screenshots

This should also work on other distros (though the method of
installation will vary). For Ubuntu 11.10, use the Gnome Tweak Tool
(info about that is on the wiki page too).

Comments welcome. Please keep in mind the important criteria for
screenshots in the user guides, which include high contrast between
the text and background in all parts of the screenshot, and high
quality printing in black and white (mainly for printed copies
available through Lulu, but also for anyone printing from the PDFs).

--Jean

Hi Jean,

Earlier we had speculated on whether our custom-made "XP-Silver" theme
would work on Ubuntu 11.10. I've finally had a chance to try this and
was unsuccessful. This is quite likely user error :wink: but I don't know
enough about such things to trouble-shoot the problem.

The XP Silver theme was produced for Gnome 2 and 11.10 ships with
Gnome 3, so it won't work as is.

I have written this up here, along with a screenshot and instructions
on downloading and installing Evolve:

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Production#Sample_screenshots

Do you have plans to update the contributor docs, if those are to be
considered the primary reference? If not, I could do this when I do my
own jobs on the contributor docs in the near future.

One possibility would be for the wiki pages to point to a download of
the associated section(s) of the contributor docs stored on Alfresco.
You can get a direct download link that does not require any login by
browsing to the required document via http://media.libreoffice.org.
The interface is not as pretty as the Alfresco Share interface, but
the dowload links are perfectly functional.

Or, if you feel that's not the best idea, you could always upload the
contributor docs to the wiki.

I was just thinking about the probable out-of-synch that may occur if
we're maintaining 2 sets of contributor info content...

What do you think?

Do you have plans to update the contributor docs, if those are to be
considered the primary reference? If not, I could do this when I do my
own jobs on the contributor docs in the near future.

I have plans for updates, but never get around to implementing them.
So let's say: whoever gets to it first.

I also have plans for building further on Tom's reorganisation of the
wiki, but I never get around to doing that either.

One possibility would be for the wiki pages to point to a download of
the associated section(s) of the contributor docs stored on Alfresco.
You can get a direct download link that does not require any login by
browsing to the required document via http://media.libreoffice.org.
The interface is not as pretty as the Alfresco Share interface, but
the download links are perfectly functional.

Or, if you feel that's not the best idea, you could always upload the
contributor docs to the wiki.

I was just thinking about the probable out-of-synch that may occur if
we're maintaining 2 sets of contributor info content...

What do you think?

Having the docs in only one place, with pointers from the wiki, is a
much better idea. I keep forgetting about that interface, and hadn't
quite realised it was working.

--Jean