[Mageia-dev] UiAbstraction4mcc feature proposal

Thu Jul 5 10:59:49 CEST 2012

On 28/06/2012 00:02, Angelo Naselli wrote:
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+> Hi,
+> I'm back to this subject, because, as you probably know, the
+> proposal[1] has been accepted
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+> and has to be merged with mine[3]
+> and discussed a bit to understand what we have to do and who can help.
+
+>
+> [1] https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:UiAbstraction4mcc
+
+> [3] https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:DrakXtoolsReview
+
+Hi,
+
+Documentation team is planning to write the currently missing help for 
+MCC and all the tools in it. We don't have a clue whether the above 
+feature proposals, if implemented, will make a difference to what we 
+have to do, and if so: what difference.
+
+Also, it is interesting to know whether you're willing to improve the 
+way the help will work if we do it the Mandriva way. It would be great 
+if the not working links would be fixed, and if it would be possible to 
+let the help from the menu bar link to the correct file for each screen, 
+instead of to a page with links you have to choose from. Please read on 
+to understand what I'm talking about.
+
+If nothing would change to MCC, we would have to provide *html* files 
+with same names as Mdv used, to be put in the same place and 
+s/mandriva/mageia/
+
+For Mandriva 2010.1 the following section in MCC, and usually for all 
+the tools in that section, the help (from the menu bar) links to a page 
+with links to other pages:
+
+* Software Management -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/software-management.html
+
+(The same page can be seen here 
+http://doc.mandriva.com/en/2010/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/software-management.html 
+You can, of course, find the other pages mentioned below by adjusting 
+this link)
+
+Exception: Software Management - Configure media sources for install and 
+update -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/software-management-sources.html
+
+* Hardware -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/mcc-hardware.html
+
+Exception: Manage your hardware - Browse and configure hardware -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/harddrake.html
+
+* Network -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/mcc-network.html
+
+* System -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/mcc-system.html
+
+Exception: Administration tools - Manage users on system -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/userdrake.html
+
+* Network Sharing -----X      "No Help entry for"
+However, the help is available in 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/mcc-networksharing.html
+
+Exception: Configure Windows(R) shares - Share drives and directories 
+with Windows (SMB) systems -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/index.html ---- however, this page can 
+give an error, and the *correct* help file seems to be 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/draksambashare.html
+
+* Local Disks -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/mcc-localdisks.html
+
+Note: Local Disks - Manage disk partitions clicking the help button at 
+the *bottom* of the screen gives 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/diskdrake.html
+
+* Security -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/mcc-security.html
+
+Exception: Security - Configure system security, permissions and audit: 
+The two items in the drop-down help menu are greyed out, clicking them 
+doesn't work
+
+* Boot -----> 
+/usr/share/doc/mandriva/en/Drakxtools-Guide/Drakxtools-Guide.html/mcc-boot.html
+
+Please, when you reply to this mail, keep in mind that I'm not a 
+developer and not even a packager.
+
+Cheers,
+Marja
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