Re: complaint

[Pat Costello <Patrick Costello sun com>]

Eugene, 

I still think it's worthwhile considering making the Solaris-variant of the UG 
more generally available, as we can keep the pdf file easily updated. The few 
areas where there are differences may be acceptable to the users. 

Pat

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> Pat,
> 
> There is a significant difference in the Solaris-variant in the removable 
media section - this is completely different to the non-Solaris removable media 
information. But elsewhere the differences are minor.
> 
> Eugene
> 
> Pat Costello wrote:
> > 
> > eugene oconnor said:
> > 
> > >
> > > However, I don't know how feasible it is to create a fresh PDF of the User
> > Guide every time there is an update. Eric, does it involve much effort to 
create
> > the PDF from the XML?
> > >
> > Well, if people are not too fussy, we could put up the Solaris-variant of 
the
> > GNOME User Guide in pdf. The advantage is that we create a fresh pdf file of 
the
> > UG anyway every time we do an update to the source files, so there is an
> > automatic creation process. The disadvantage is that there are a few 
mentions of
> > Solaris. The only place where this is really a bother is in the starting a
> > session section.
> > 
> > Pat