Patch for Ubuntu Desktop Guide (Re: Words to avoid?)

[Matthew East]

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Matthew,


* Matthew Paul Thomas:
> Hmm, apparently <step> and <listitem> require <para> inside, even when
> they're not paragraphs. All fixed.

Thanks for doing this, I've applied the patch in its entirety now.

>> As discussed on irc, as it is now the desktop guide is a book, and so
>> the following changes I think are inappropriate:
>>  * Removing the introductory paragraph from each chapter explaining what
>> the chapter does.
>>  * Removing much of the preface.
> 
> Done, except for the sections that already have a useful introductory
> paragraph.
> 
> What should I edit if I want to improve the help that is displayed
> on-screen, for which the preface and the "This chapter/section"
> paragraphs are very inappropriate? Should I make a copy of the Desktop
> Guide and work from there?

The main problem is that we haven't decided on how to move forward yet
for the on screen help. We need to talk about this soon and make some
decisions.

I would personally like to start working on some modular help, starting
from the index and working down to fill the system up with articles on
specific subjects. Lots of the content for these articles would come
from the desktopguide, from the wiki, and so on. Let's open a new thread
 to discuss this, or sort it out at a meeting, and then move forward.

Matt
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