Manual v. 20150316 feedback thread

[Jerry3904]

I think people are tired of looking at it!



The test will come as people start to use Xfce 4.12, because a lot of the Manual (Sections 2-3) has been changed to accommodate the new DE. Right now almost no one is actually looking at the content.

[Paul..]

Even so, it is quality job!!

[Gordon Cooper]

Right now almost no one is actually looking at the content.

I look at it every day, but perhaps not closely enough. The error 'bandwith' reported by Henry has been there since early January and I
didn't see it.

[Jerry3904]

OK, all errors noted up to here now corrected in online copy, various other edits and insertions made, new images for default Desktop and Screen 7 of Installer provided, and images for Help sections dropped to bottom. Refresh the screen to see version number 20150317.

[Gaer Boy]

3.3.1 Resolution. First para, third sentence sort of tails off.

[Jon_J]

I just want to comment on one thing I like very much about the html version.
I like the fact that it is all on one very large page.
Once completely downloaded, it can be saved to one file (plus one directory of pics and html stuff).
Makes it easy to view on a PDA.
Today is the first time I have looked at the html version as I always downloaded the pdf version.

Jon

[Stevo]

I just want to comment on one thing I like very much about the html version.
I like the fact that it is all on one very large page.
Once completely downloaded, it can be saved to one file (plus one directory of pics and html stuff).
Makes it easy to view on a PDA.
Today is the first time I have looked at the html version as I always downloaded the pdf version.

Jon

You also have it already installed by mx-docs in /usr/local/share/doc...

[Jon_J]

I just want to comment on one thing I like very much about the html version.
I like the fact that it is all on one very large page.
Once completely downloaded, it can be saved to one file (plus one directory of pics and html stuff).
Makes it easy to view on a PDA.
Today is the first time I have looked at the html version as I always downloaded the pdf version.

Jon

You also have it already installed by mx-docs in /usr/local/share/doc...

I knew that. I was just saying I can view it on a PDA which I cannot install MX-14 on.

[JimC]

When skimming through the manual, I noticed this in Section 2.3.1:

Software licenses

Many proprietary programs for Windows are not installable without a license key or CD key. Unless you are set on doing away with Windows permanently, make sure you have a license key for any program that requires it. If you do decide to reinstall Windows (or if dual-boot setup goes awry), you will be unable to reinstall these programs without the key.

If you cannot find the paper license that came with your product, you may be able to locate it in the Windows registry, or using keyfinder software (example link below).

But, I could not find links to any type of key finder program in the manual.

ProduKey from NirSoft is a free utility that I've used can get Windows keys in case they were needed for a reinstall (and it works with Win 8.x, too).

It looks like it can also give you keys for some of the other Microsoft products like Office 2003, 2007, 2010 (see the supported Products List section on the ProduKey page). You have to scroll down to near the bottom of this page to get to download links for it:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

I also see links to commercial products near the top of that page. For example, this one:

https://recover-keys.com/

There are many of those types of utilities available (some free, some commercial).

Anyway, I was just skimming through the manual after noticing this thread, and I couldn't find the example link to keyfinder software mentioned in that section.

[Jerry3904]

Thanks. That's very old (at least 8 yrs) copy, actually, and I did not check it against current Windows installations. The links got lost somewhere along the way...