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[Radina Matic <radina.matic@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 08:26, Bertrand Rousseau <
bertrand.rousseau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Radina Matic <radina.matic@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Thanks, Bertrand, it was actually great fun working on this and I am
> > starting to like Mallard a lot!
> >
> > You have a point with PPA comment... I believe it is worth including in
> the
> > docs, but maybe placing the whole PPA topic somewhere towards the end of
> > help file would be a better solution. Actually, there is a warning note
> > about the instability and bug issues when installing the development
> release
> > that I copied from Launchpad, but you are right, I should add the advice
> to
> > backup the data prior to this kind of operation.
>
> Ok, placing it near the end is better. Maybe even better to put in
> some "GTG for advanced users" section if you have any of those.
>

Reading my mind, are you? :))))

Check the changes in the shared Google Doc with topic outline, I've added a
new section for Advanced Users of GTG which now contains, apart from the
Installation of Daily PPA, two Izidor's ideas for creating personal
backends and plugins...


>
> > Now that I think of it, do you believe that we should include a general
> > chapter about backup process? I didn't think of it before, does GTG have
> a
> > backup option? How is the user supposed to approach it?
>
> No, we don't have an explcit backup option (hmm, interesting. Plugin,
> anyone?). The data is stored in .local/share/gtg or
> $XDG_DATA_HOME/share/gtg if it is set.
>
> The user data is replicated in this folder so that if GTG crashes,
> there are backuped copies available. To backup/archive GTG data, the
> use should backup this folder, and .config/gtg or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtg
>
>
Ok, will be included in the Backup your GTG Data topic, at least until
somebody comes up with a plugin... ;)


Cheers,
R.



> >
> > Rgds,
> > Radina
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 22:43, Bertrand Rousseau
> > <bertrand.rousseau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I didn't the time to make a thorough review, but after a first glance,
> >> it looks really good! (wow, GTG is getting help pages!)
> >>
> >> Just one remark: is it a good idea to speak about the PPA? Since it's
> >> in the help (thus probably not very advanced people), I don't think we
> >> should encourage to get the bleeding-edge copy of GTG... (at least
> >> without a word of warning and good advices to keep data safe)
> >>
> >> Bertrand
> >>
> >> 2012/3/28 Izidor Matušov <izidor.matusov@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >> >> I'd love to hear what you think, and anybody who has 5 spare minutes
> >> >> can
> >> >> just download the master as tar.gz, uncompress it and open any of the
> >> >> .page files with Yelp.
> >> >>
> >> >> Don't mind the text itself much, this was more of the structural
> draft,
> >> >> to see how all the content pages link together in Mallard format.
> Once
> >> >> the structure is all in place and approved by the team, I'll proceed
> >> >> with polishing the actual text.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I can open it and browse it :-) Sometimes I find in console those
> >> > messages:
> >> > Unmatched inline element: steps
> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
> >> > Unmatched inline element: item
> >> > Unmatched inline element: p
> >> >
> >> > When I opened shortcut page, shortcuts for main window were collapsed.
> >> > Is
> >> > that an intention?
> >> >
> >> > Besides text and structure (there are no pages for last sections), it
> >> > looks
> >> > great!
> >> >
> >> > Izidor
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bertrand Rousseau
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Bertrand Rousseau
>