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[Eric Marsh <bits@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So on step 4 I notice the script checking for several Ubuntu font packages.
Is this going to require me to use Ubuntu for editing? I do have Ubuntu in
a small VM just for testing, but I normally I'd use OS X. I guess I'd be
able to also get those fonts in OS X, but any insight would be useful.

Thanks,
Eric


On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 7:16 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Op 28-02-16 om 10:02 schreef Pravin Dhayfule:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have never worked on Latex.
>> I have sent the notes as Reviewer/Editor.
>> Regards
>>
>>
> To all,
> This is my fault. Since we do not have enough contributors to have an
> author AND an editor for each section, my idea was to make one column
> authors/editors in our shared Xenial sheet. It may work for sections that
> need only minor fixes, but when more work is involved we should try to get
> an author AND an editor for that particular section.
>
> To all,
> On our website [1] you find instructions on how to become an author or an
> editor.
> Basically, what you should do is:
> 1. create an account on Launchpad
> 2. download the Xenial branch (the focus is on Xenial right now)
> 3. install Texlive, depending on your computer this may take some time
> 4. run scripts to check if you have all the files needed to make the
> manual (pdf).
> If you have done this successfully, you find all the .tex files in
> /home/Projects. You can then edit the .tex files belonging to "your"
> chapter/section. It is not really necessary to know the Latex code, because
> most of the code is already in the existing tex file. You can just add or
> remove text from your section using a text editor like gedit. In case you
> want to add a code or a completely new paragraph or marginnote, you can
> simply copy the code from an existing paragraph in the file. This is how I
> did it when I first started.
> When finished, you can check to see if your changes are correct by making
> ubuntu-manual.pdf. If everything is ok, you can upload to the branch as
> explained on our website.
> You can also find the instruction + Latex explained in our style guide [2]
>
> Things may not go as smoothly as you would like. That is why I want to ask
> everyone who encounters problems during the process to please contact us
> using this mailing list. There are always experienced members who can help
> you.
>
> Happy writing or editing,
> Hannie
>
> [1]
> http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved/authors
> http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved/editors
> [2]
> http://files.ubuntu-manual.org/style-guide.pdf
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual/StyleGuide
>
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