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[Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't plan to do any structure changes--just grammatical and linguistic
edits to get us to May 31st (our first checkpoint as I recall).  I'll also
take a crack at the screenshot sequence as the link you sent of Hannie's
instructions on screenshot formatting is quite informative and
easy-to-follow.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:13 AM, John <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 05/22/2012 05:00 PM, Jim Connett wrote:
>
> I'll be happy to edit the DASH section.
>
> Do we have anyone who is going to own the screenshots yet?  I ask because
> it would be good for one person to do all the screenshots so that we have
> visual unity across the chapter--rather than each editor of each section
> inserting screenshots (I, for one, have some theme customizations on my
> installation; my screenshots may conflict with others' palettes).
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:33 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn <
> lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Vibhav, Tony, JohnC, Jim,
>> Thank you all for your reaction to c7p's call for authors for chapter 2
>> (see below).
>> Most of you offered to review, edit this chapter. I would like to
>> coordinate the editing of this chapter. In a previous email I suggested:
>> quote
>> One option would be to have more authors and editors assigned to this
>> chapter (Tony, Vibhant, JohnC, Jim, Hannie) where each has his/her own
>> specialty like Dash, Unity, Launcher, Nautilus etc.
>> unquote
>> If you agree, let me know and I will try to assign sections to each one
>> of you. I will do the Nautilus section (no changes there, except
>> screenshots ;) )
>> If you also want to contribute as an author for this chapter, please
>> contact c7p.
>> Regards,
>> Hannie
>>
>> Reactions on c7p's email:
>> The Ubuntu Desktop section needs your help ! This part of the chapter
>> covers the basics of the Ubuntu Desktop environment (Login screen, Unity,
>> Launcher, Dash, windows, workspaces, HUD).
>>
>> We need an author for this section cause it's one of the most critical
>> sections of the manual, maybe the most important. Are you interested ?
>> ==========
>> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Vibhav Pant wrote:
>> I can edit this section
>> ==========
>> 20-05-2012: Tony Pursell wrote:
>> I did volunteer to review this part of the manual
>> =========
>> Op 21-05-12 00:20, John Cave schreef:
>> I thought that I was doing this section. The new ubuntu has not changed
>> that much from the last, I observe, so mostly what will be needed is new
>> screenshots and maybe expanding the chapter. I can do the job of scanning
>> the chapter for changes, but expansions may need to be done by someone else.
>> John C
>> ===========
>> 22-05-2012: Hello everyone, I'm Jim Connett, and I'm very interested in
>> helping to edit this section.
>> I'm up-to-speed on the LaTeX formatting from the well-written guide and
>> have even started perusing Chapter 2 since it looks like this is where our
>> focus resides.
>> ============
>>
>> Hi all,
>> One option would be to have more authors and editors assigned to this
>> chapter (Tony, Vibhant, JohnC, Jim, Hannie) where each has his/her own
>> specialty like Dash, Unity, Launcher, Nautilus etc.
>>
>
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>  Since there is nobody assigned to this chapter feel free to make any
> improvements. I did some updates yesterday and i'll keep updating the
> content so in the worst case we 'll have an updated chapter version of the
> 11.10 manual. Regarding the screenshots check Hannie's instructions
> https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg02988.html
>
> Also if you are going to make changes that regard the structure of the
> chapter, let me know first. Btw if you want we can both write/update that
> part of the chapter.
>
> Thank you !
>
> --John
>
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