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["Mario H. Burgos" <mario@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Based on https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/ubuntu-help/unity-introduction.html:

"the Dash"



-Mario Burgos



On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Rick Fosburgh <rickfosb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> So,
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> Regarding terminology, should it be called: Dash, dash, the Dash, or the
> dash?
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> I don't know that we have clear guidance.
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> Rickfosb
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Nov 7, 2011, at 3:04 PM, andy hayden <andyhayden1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi again,
>
> I went through Draft 5 (trying not to repeat the comments which I made in
> Draft 4), @Hannie in passing I commented on the highlighted bits without
> comments (at least what I thought they could be).
>
> Things which jump out:
> Chapter 3, section "All The Applications You Need" is quite inconsistent
> and many of the app-type subsections run into wild opinion! It could really
> do with a structure (for each app-type) and an overall aim for the
> section... I found it very hard to understand/read.
>
> "Reading and composing email" section is really tough to read: it's
> missing capitalisation, bolding and emphasis (though I think the content is
> good).
>
> Large pictures center across the entire page rather than center across the
> text (which looks strange), perhaps these large pictures should be shrunk?
>
> The naming convention chosen in its chapter is "Dash" rather than "dash",
> "the dash", "the dash", "the Dash", or "The Dash" (all are in use somewhere
> in the text! :) )
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> Many sections use the bolding/italic special character > incorrectly, and
> have instead used quotations ' ' (these look even stranger as quotations
> should be ` '). The majority of the manual where these are used correctly
> is very easy to read, and I suspect user-friendly - once the reader has the
> hang of it!
>
> Sorry everything seems negative, but all the other things are coming along
> great!
> Andy
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> On 7 November 2011 18:51, c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Yeah i think that's a common issue. I remember when i was trying to get
>> the Greek manual built, that was one "traditional" bug -Kevin fixed such
>> bugs pretty quickly-.
>>
>> Have a nice week !
>> --John
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>> 2011/11/7 tom.swartz07@xxxxxxxxx <tom.swartz07@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Im just looking through the online draft now, and I notice that all of
>>> the references are incorrect. e.g. My section on Using Instant Messaging is
>>> listed in the Table of Contents as page 66, but appears on page 68 in the
>>> text.
>>> I have reason to believe that the LaTeX file compiler was only run once
>>> (Am I correct in assuming this?). Typically when a TeX document is compiled
>>> with complex references, it needs to be 're compiled' so that the TOC could
>>> be loaded correctly.
>>>
>>> That said, its no big deal to simply run it twice before the final draft
>>> is published, and it shouldn't really affect any of the edits that we are
>>> currently doing, but it is something important to keep in mind when anyone
>>> is compiling the TeX from source.
>>>
>>> Ill push the edits to the Troubleshooting section that I have made after
>>> I get home from work tonight. :)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Thomas Swartz
>>>
>>> No trees were killed to send this message, but a large number of
>>> electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:03 AM, c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> 2011/11/7 andy hayden <andyhayden1@xxxxxxxxx>
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>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I added many comments to Draft 4 (http://crocodoc.com/Oog1F8n) last
>>>>> week, none of which appear to have been addressed in Draft 5.
>>>>>
>>>>> many thanks
>>>>> Andy
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7 November 2011 09:50, lafeber-dumoleyn2 <
>>>>> lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> **
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I have added some comment here: https://crocodoc.com/FcDBmlM.
>>>>>> I can see in this document that text is highlighted, but there is no
>>>>>> comment. It is not always clear what the problem is.
>>>>>> Hannie
>>>>>>
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>>>> @Andy: Thanks for the info, we'll make the changes asap.
>>>>
>>>> @Hannie: I don't know why this is happening, i guess you would have to
>>>> add comments again if they are necessary -double-work isn't the most
>>>> pleasing thing- :/.
>>>>
>>>> --John
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