Box/Field

I don't think this one can really be determined easily by grep, but I've found some things that indicate user entry in the xxx box, and others that use xxx field. I think the second is preferable, right?

By the way, I've now done Chapters 9 - 12 of the Writer Guide, and I'm working on Chapter 13. Is the plan to wait until they're all done before the proofreading begins? And is anything happening about setting up the Calc Guide? And with three structures going (the wiki, Alfresco, and ODFauthors), we'll need to be careful about where the "real" work is being done!

I don't think this one can really be determined easily by grep, but I've
found some things that indicate user entry in the xxx box, and others that
use xxx field. I think the second is preferable, right?

"Field" is a term that is also used for a specific type of thing (a variable
or reference to data), which is not a box to type in. Therefore I think it's
better to reserve the term "field" for the specific instance and use "box"
for user entry.

By the way, I've now done Chapters 9 - 12 of the Writer Guide, and I'm
working on Chapter 13. Is the plan to wait until they're all done before the
proofreading begins? And is anything happening about setting up the Calc
Guide? And with three structures going (the wiki, Alfresco, and ODFauthors),
we'll need to be careful about where the "real" work is being done!

Where are you putting the docs you're working on? Are they in Alfresco as
well as on the wiki? I've been away for awhile and have not caught up with
what's going on or where the latest files are.

Is anyone actually using ODFAuthors for LibreOffice docs? Sounds like
Andreas might be, but is anyone else?

Hal

Hi :slight_smile:

I think this is another one that is good either way. I think leave them as
they are? Box is more obvious to some people that have never used a computer or
are new to it all. Field is used quite often too tho. So, i think just use
whichever feels more comfortable or leave as is?

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Good points, which I should have made also.

Hal

I don't think this one can really be determined easily by grep, but I've
found some things that indicate user entry in the xxx box, and others that
use xxx field. I think the second is preferable, right?

"Field" is a term that is also used for a specific type of thing (a variable
or reference to data), which is not a box to type in. Therefore I think it's
better to reserve the term "field" for the specific instance and use "box"
for user entry.

OK, thanks.

By the way, I've now done Chapters 9 - 12 of the Writer Guide, and I'm
working on Chapter 13. Is the plan to wait until they're all done before the
proofreading begins? And is anything happening about setting up the Calc
Guide? And with three structures going (the wiki, Alfresco, and ODFauthors),
we'll need to be careful about where the "real" work is being done!

Where are you putting the docs you're working on? Are they in Alfresco as
well as on the wiki? I've been away for awhile and have not caught up with
what's going on or where the latest files are.

I'm using the control table on the wiki, downloading from there, working on the chapters, then uploading them again and updating the control table. I really haven't gone into Alfresco much, I haven't been duplicating them there because I have a pretty much knee-jerk dislike of having multiple copies of the "same" thing -- I saw that cause too much havoc during my working career!

Is anyone actually using ODFAuthors for LibreOffice docs? Sounds like
Andreas might be, but is anyone else?

Hal

Not that I know of, yet. As I understand it, we'll be moving over strictly to Alfresco at some point, but for now we're just playing there and using the wiki for the official work.

Hi, :slight_smile:

And with three structures going (the wiki, Alfresco, and ODFauthors), we'll
need to be careful about where the "real" work is being done!

At the last SC confcall, it was decided that the Alfresco site at
documentation.traduction.biz is going to become a sub-domain of
libreoffice.org (probably alfresco.libreoffice.org) so you can feel
free to upload work there and, if you're all still happy with that, to
consider it to be the principal workplace for LibreOffice
documentation.

For the moment at least, I'd recommend the current wiki page as the
place to put final user-ready downloads, ready for links from the
libreoffice.org website and direct downloads from the wiki.

At a future time, when the site has rolled over to the new domain, and
has gone through a running-in period to troubleshoot any problems, we
could *maybe* have Alfresco as even the final drop point, as the
ultimate stage in the workflow. But we'd better evaluate that choice
at a later date.

In any case, my suggestion would be that the Alfresco site should
always house the reference copy of docs, and that we should start
uploading all our working content there, for integration into the
workflow.

Comments? Ideas? Suggestions? Reactions?

David Nelson

Hi :slight_smile:

I agree with Hal about this now that he said it. Box does make more sense as
being something for user-input.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hal = she. :wink:

And David corrected someone on this a few days ago ... he must be stressed
out ... or its just Alzheimer, then we shouldn´t worry, next thing he will
call us mom and dad :wink:

Rogerio

Ooops, sorry for the insult Hal.
Apols and regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

PS i remembered the 1st rebuke/nudge just after receiving the 2nd.

I think it was actually about a month or 2 ago. Not just a coouple of days.
"Time flies when you are having fun" allegedly

Anyway, still apols to Hal :slight_smile:

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: