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| You can view a reasonably up-to-date version of the files here: | | You can view a reasonably up-to-date version of the files here: |
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− | * [http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/customization-guide/ Customization Guide] | + | * [http://mirrors.rit.edu/sugarlabs/soas/docs/customization-guide/index.html Customization Guide] |
− | * [http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/creation-kit/ Creation Kit] | + | * [http://mirrors.rit.edu/sugarlabs/soas/docs/creation-kit/index.html Creation Kit] |
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| This is not a permanent location (the URLs above will likely be moving between now and May 2010), and these files may not be completely up-to-date; we are currently obtaining a more permanent infrastructure solution, but the links should suffice at present. | | This is not a permanent location (the URLs above will likely be moving between now and May 2010), and these files may not be completely up-to-date; we are currently obtaining a more permanent infrastructure solution, but the links should suffice at present. |
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| === Checking out the latest Version === | | === Checking out the latest Version === |
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− | Clone the GIT repository with the Sugar on a Stick documentation from GIT by running: | + | Clone the [http://git.sugarlabs.org/soas-docs GIT repository] with the Sugar on a Stick documentation from GIT by running: |
| <pre>git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/soas-docs/mainline.git soas-docs</pre> | | <pre>git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/soas-docs/mainline.git soas-docs</pre> |
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| * Edit away! - Try to follow these conventions [https://fedorahosted.org/publican/browser/trunk/publican/datadir/Common_Content/common/en-US/Conventions.xml here]. | | * Edit away! - Try to follow these conventions [https://fedorahosted.org/publican/browser/trunk/publican/datadir/Common_Content/common/en-US/Conventions.xml here]. |
| + | **For example, Move down to a directory you want to edit, and edit a file with gedit |
| + | <pre>cd soas-docs |
| + | ls |
| + | cd Creation\ Kit/ |
| + | cd en-US |
| + | ls |
| + | gedit Book_Info.xml</pre> |
| + | |
| + | |
| * Bump the edition tag in ''Book_Info.xml'' after a major change. | | * Bump the edition tag in ''Book_Info.xml'' after a major change. |
| * Make sure to explain your change in Revision_History.xml | | * Make sure to explain your change in Revision_History.xml |
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| === Generating HTML or PDF output === | | === Generating HTML or PDF output === |
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− | Install publican if you haven't already. On most Linux distributions, this will be: | + | Install publican if you haven't already. If you are running a yum-based system (Fedora, SuSE, etc), this is: |
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| sudo yum install publican | | sudo yum install publican |
| + | |
| + | If you are running an apt-based system (Debian, Ubuntu, etc), this is: |
| + | |
| + | sudo apt-get install publican |
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| In the same directory as the file '''''publican.cfg''''' (this will almost certainly be '''''/path/to/soas-docs/Customization Guide''''' or '''''/path/to/soas-docs/Creation Kit'''''), run the following command. | | In the same directory as the file '''''publican.cfg''''' (this will almost certainly be '''''/path/to/soas-docs/Customization Guide''''' or '''''/path/to/soas-docs/Creation Kit'''''), run the following command. |
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| ==== If you have commit access ==== | | ==== If you have commit access ==== |
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− | Once you have edited the files you want to commit, make the commit. | + | If you need to apply someone else's patch to the file before committing it, do that first. |
| + | |
| + | patch -p0 < path/file.patch |
| + | |
| + | Once you have applied the patch and otherwise edited the files you want to commit, make the commit. |
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| git commit -a | | git commit -a |