[Kde-accessibility] Patches for docs

Bill Haneman bill.haneman@sun.com
03 Feb 2003 14:03:26 +0000


On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 01:54, JP Schnapper-Casteras wrote:
> Hi Lauri, All,
>     The accessibility guide sounds like a great idea.  At some point perhaps
> we could get both the KDE and GNOME guides into the larger
> Linux-Accessibility Howto.

I do think it's time to update the Linux-Accessibility HowTo to better
reflect the current state of progress (GOK and gnopernicus nearing
feature-completion and 1.0; gnome-mag free-standing magnifier
operational) in the GNOME project as well.

-Bill

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kde-accessibility-admin@mail.kde.org
> [mailto:kde-accessibility-admin@mail.kde.org]On Behalf Of Lauri Watts
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 5:58 PM
> To: kde-accessibility@kde.org
> Subject: [Kde-accessibility] Patches for docs
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> Hi all,
> 
> I have some patches to make changes in the documentation (kmag, kmouth, and
> kmousetool).  Some are technical in nature, and just bring the docs into a
> state consistent with the rest of KDE documentation, these I normally commit
> anyway.
> 
> In this case, I have some further changes that are perhaps a little
> editorial
> in nature.   They are fairly small, mostly changes in the installation
> chapter which tend to be not needed anymore with applications that are part
> of KDE CVS.
> 
> Question: Would you rather review diff's (they're largeish so I haven't
> attached them) or shall I commit and you can check the changes when they are
> in CVS?  I don't believe I've changed anything controversial, but I'm sure
> you want to see for yourselves.
> 
> Another question: If I work up a framework for a "KDE Accessibility Guide"
> would the team here be interested in helping me fill in the blanks.  I'll
> take care of markup etc for you, if I can have help with the text. I'm
> thinking something like the GNOME document of this name.  Fairly short and
> to
> the point, and pointing users with a particular need for accesibility
> towards
> the tools that will help them (eg, for low vision users, kmag, but also how
> to use the kcontrol tools to create a user stylesheet for web browsing,
> etc.)
> This would be something to add to the generic documentation, probably
> alongside or as part of the KDE User Guide.
> 
> Please CC me, I'm not on this list,
> 
> Regards
> - --
> Lauri Watts
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