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[Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, agreed, a great idea of having a page or two of shortcuts, but to link
them back to locations in the manual where the shortcut would apply *could
be* a sizable task requiring one person's focus mere hours before the
manual is released; link backs really couldn't be set until the manual was
essentially frozen and being indexed.


On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Thomas Corwin <dog1489@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, I'm going to give a +1 to Patrick's idea. I really think that is a
> great idea.
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas Corwin
>
> > On Jul 29, 2013, at 2:31 PM, "Patrick Dickey" <pdickeybeta@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > How much work would it be to add a couple of pages at the end of the
> > book, with all of the common shortcuts, and maybe link them back to the
> > respective sections in the book (if there are sections on that topic)?
> >
> > Have a great day.:)
> > Patrick.
> >
> > P.S. If that's not an option, then I would suggest putting the shortcuts
> > in as margin notes in the section.
> >
> >> On Mon, 2013-07-29 at 07:30 -0700, Jim Connett wrote:
> >> Hey David...first, thanks for getting started on the editing so early
> >> (and thanks to Thomas for informing you he was done). THIS is the
> >> EXACT culture we wish to promote between authors and editors!
> >>
> >>
> >> To your question, I think the inclusion of common shortcut key
> >> sequences are perfectly permissible...not only in the Advanced Topics
> >> chapter, but throughout the Ubuntu manual. In light of the fact that
> >> this is a beginner's manual, I would also encourage our focus and
> >> effort toward the inclusion of only common, more widely-used keystroke
> >> shortcuts--a terminal pop up windows certainly falls into these
> >> category.
> >>
> >>
> >> Additionally, since this is an Ubuntu manual, I would not worry too
> >> much about mentioning (or clarifying) the discontinuity you see
> >> in--for example--shortcut keys to open a terminal window in Ubuntu vs
> >> shortcut keys for the same result in Kubuntu. As authors and editors
> >> of the Ubuntu Manual Project, our primary focus should be to educate
> >> and inform the new user about the Ubuntu version of Canonical's OS.
> >>
> >>
> >> That's my two cents. Others?
> >> --Jim
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 3:52 AM, David Manuel Pires
> >> <slickymaster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>        Hi team.
> >>
> >>
> >>        I'm in  the process of reviewing Thomas's (Ubuntu-Manual)
> >>        Advanced Topic Chapter and I have a quick question regarding
> >>        the "Opening the terminal" subsection.
> >>
> >>
> >>        My question relates to the instruction on how to open the
> >>        terminal, which is obtained by navigating to Dash ->
> >>        Applications -> Terminal, but what I'm trying to ask you is if
> >>        you don't think we should also mention that a terminal window
> >>        can also be obtained by hitting Ctrl+Alt+T?
> >>        Of course there's the issue related to the fact that this is
> >>        not flavour agnostic, e.g. in Xubuntu is Super+T.
> >>
> >>
> >>        What do you think?
> >>
> >>
> >>        Regards,
> >>        David Pires
> >>
> >>        ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>        From: David Manuel Pires <slickymaster@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>        Date: 27 July 2013 19:17
> >>        Subject: Re: (Ubuntu-Manual) Advanced Topic Chapter
> >>        To: Thomas Corwin <dog1489@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>
> >>        Ok, Thomas.
> >>
> >>
> >>        I've just get the branch and I'll start working on it. I'll
> >>        keep you updated.
> >>
> >>
> >>        Thanks,
> >>        David Pires
> >>
> >>
> >>        On 27 July 2013 13:10, Thomas Corwin <dog1489@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>        wrote:
> >>                Hello David!
> >>
> >>                I have pretty much completed the Advanced Topics
> >>                section for 13.10 if you would like to start
> >>                editing. :)
> >>
> >>                Thanks,
> >>                Thomas Corwin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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