[open-data-manual] problem for Mac user on wiki page

Thu Jun 9 20:02:11 UTC 2011

I would much rather use the Bitbucket wiki. It's in the same place as the
rest of the project. We also have complete control over the directory
structure. That is, we don't lose the structure like we do with GitHub's.

On 10 June 2011 05:52, Sara Farmer <sara.farmer at btinternet.com> wrote:

> If it helps, we've worked out how to get pictures into a github wiki.
>
> You create an 'img' directory in the local version of your wiki, then push
> it back to the github.  We haven't worked out how to see the img directory
> on github.com, but it does get round the problem of how to embed images
> when they're really really needed.
>
> An example of this is here:
> https://github.com/global-pulse/oliver/wiki/Datastore-list
> And the code that brings up the image in this page is:
>
> <img src="/global-pulse/oliver/wiki/img/Oliver_gui_datastores.png">
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Sj.
>
> --- On *Thu, 9/6/11, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> Subject: Re: [open-data-manual] problem for Mac user on wiki page
> To: "Tim McNamara" <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz>
> Cc: "Dwight Hines" <dwight.hines at gmail.com>,
> open-data-manual at lists.okfn.org
> Date: Thursday, 9 June, 2011, 12:22
>
>
> Not directly relevant but may be useful:
>
> I managed to successfully push an earlier version of the manual to
> github's wiki system:
>
> <https://github.com/okfn/opendatamanual/wiki/_pages>
>
> This may work as a simple way for people to edit individual pages in a
> quick and dirty way.
>
> Obvious problem is pages are in no specific order and don't fit with
> git's wiki setup particularly well (and if we actually started pulling
> changes we'd get some pollution in core repo from having files like
> _home).
>
> Rufus
>
> On 8 June 2011 21:38, Tim McNamara <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz<http://mc/compose?to=paperless@timmcnamara.co.nz>>
> wrote:
> > Hi Dwight, thanks for asking.
> >
> > You need to enter those commands into Terminal. However, first you will
> > probably need to install Mercurial (the command, hg). Atlassian provides
> a
> > nice intro, with links of how to install it.[0] Also, in order to render
> the
> > source files as HTML, we use a tool called Sphinx[1].
> >
> > Let me know, privately is fine, if this is a barrier that's too high &
> we'll
> > work in some other manner. For example, the team could edit a shared
> > document at okfnpad.org. That way, you wont need to install anything.
> The
> > downside is that we lose the ability for everyone's local versions to
> play
> > nicely together. At the moment though, I'm mostly interested in bringing
> > people in to help.
> >
> > I have drafted a document, named the "Participation Guide"[2]. It would
> be
> > useful if you could look through this with your OS X eyes and suggest
> > improvements to it.
> >
> >
> > Tim McNamara
> > Professional \\  paperlessprojects.com
> > Personal \\  @timClicks  |  timmcnamara.co.nz
> > [0] http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/What+is+Mercurial
> > [1] http://sphinx.pocoo.org/
> > [2] https://bitbucket.org/okfn/opendatamanual/wiki/Participation_Guide
> >
> > On 9 June 2011 00:44, Dwight Hines <dwight.hines at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=dwight.hines@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> hg clone ssh://hg@bitbucket.org <http://mc/compose?to=hg@bitbucket.org>
> /okfn/opendatamanual
> >> cd opendatamanual
> >> make html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> How do I do the above commands on iBook G4 running
> >> Leopard so I can get current copy of manual ?
> >>
> >> DH
> >>
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