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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_testing
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_testing

Contributing content to http://www.linuxuser.at/xoquiz/ XO Quiz


[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AuntiMame Wikimedia Commons gallery]
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AuntiMame Wikimedia Commons gallery]
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[[Image:Xo-math.svg]] [[Image:Xo-music.svg]] [[Image:Xo-education.svg]]
[[Image:Xo-math.svg]] [[Image:Xo-music.svg]] [[Image:Xo-education.svg]]
<br />[[Image:Xo-medicine.svg]] [[Image:Xo-literacy.svg]] [[Image:Xo colors.pdf|Official XO colors]]
<br />[[Image:Xo-medicine.svg]] [[Image:Xo-literacy.svg]] [[Image:Xo colors.pdf|Official XO colors]]
<br />[[Image:icon_stethoscope.svg]] [[Image:ECG_icon.svg]] [[Image:Stars_icon.svg]] [[Image:DOS_icon.svg]]
<br />[[Image:icon_stethoscope.svg]] [[Image:ECG_icon.svg]] [[Image:Stars_icon.svg]] [[Image:DOS_icon.svg]]


== Formatting E-books ==
Steps for re-formatting [http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg] ASCII text files into "beautified" PDF E-books on a MS Windows machine using MS Word.

# download the the ASCII text file.
# open the ASCII file in MS Notepad.
# Select all & copy.
# Start MS Word.
#* Page size 7x9 inches
#* All margins .5 inch
#* Mirror margins
#* Use [http://www.gnome.org/fonts/ Bitstream Vera] or [http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page DejaVu] (Bitstream Vera variation) open font faces.
# Paste ASCII into new document.
# strip out PG small print
# Tools menu. Options. View tab. check to view paragraph marks.
# Edit menu. Replace. More button. Special button. replace ^p^p (insert symbols) with "EndOfParagraph". Replace all button.
#* replace ^p with single-space
#* hide paragraph marks
#





== notes to myself ==
== notes to myself ==
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[[Image:Stars_icon.svg]] [[StarChart]]<br />
[[Image:Stars_icon.svg]] [[StarChart]]<br />
[[Image:Activity-xoget.png]] [[Xo-get]]<br />
[[Image:Activity-Speak.svg]] [[Speak]]<br />
[[Image:Activity-Speak.svg]] [[Speak]]<br />
[[Image:Activity-gmail.svg]] [[Gmail]]<br />
[[Image:Activity-GBrainy.png]] [[GBrainy]]<br />
[[Image:Activity-MC.svg]] [[Midnight Commander]]<br />
[[Image:Activity-MC.svg]] [[Midnight Commander]]<br />
[[Image:Activity-seamonkey.svg]] [http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ SeaMonkey]
[[Image:Activity-seamonkey.svg]] [http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ SeaMonkey]

Revision as of 19:29, 1 July 2008

en This user is a native speaker of English.
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Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!

Current Activities

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_testing

Wikimedia Commons gallery


Graphics for OLPC wiki

Xo-math.svg File:Xo-music.svg Xo-education.svg
File:Xo-medicine.svg Xo-literacy.svg File:Xo colors.pdf
Icon stethoscope.svg ECG icon.svg Stars icon.svg DOS icon.svg


Formatting E-books

Steps for re-formatting Project Gutenberg ASCII text files into "beautified" PDF E-books on a MS Windows machine using MS Word.

  1. download the the ASCII text file.
  2. open the ASCII file in MS Notepad.
  3. Select all & copy.
  4. Start MS Word.
    • Page size 7x9 inches
    • All margins .5 inch
    • Mirror margins
    • Use Bitstream Vera or DejaVu (Bitstream Vera variation) open font faces.
  5. Paste ASCII into new document.
  6. strip out PG small print
  7. Tools menu. Options. View tab. check to view paragraph marks.
  8. Edit menu. Replace. More button. Special button. replace ^p^p (insert symbols) with "EndOfParagraph". Replace all button.
    • replace ^p with single-space
    • hide paragraph marks



notes to myself

http://dev.laptop.org/pub/content/library/games/xo-color.xml

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface/Colors

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display#color_selection

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Munsell

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_colors

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Colors

http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=6 all images uploaded to the wiki

people who wanted to be on the mailing list

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  20. User:donohued
  21. User:Mchua

What's on the Velveteen[[1]] XO

Stars icon.svg StarChart
Activity-Speak.svg Speak
Activity-MC.svg Midnight Commander
Activity-seamonkey.svg SeaMonkey

Stuff that might be cool to add to the Velveteen XO

gqview (yum install gqview)- an image viewer

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