Help Activity refresh/0.98

Objective

Based on the work done last year, a new Help activity was created.

Now we need update the content for newer develpment done, this page is a list of important pending issues.

The repository with the content is here https://git.sugarlabs.org/help-activity-content/

Anybody interested in help can send a mail to sugar-devel mailing list http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel or to gonzalo at laptop dot org

While the content is stored in rst format, you can send updates in text format, or the images to be updated.

Download

First version of Help activity with this content is 16.

You can download it from

http://activities.sugarlabs.org/es-ES/sugar/addons/versions/4051#version-16

TODO

• Update Record screenshots and text.
• Update Write screenshots and text.
• Update Memorize screenshots and text.
• TODO in the rst files:

source/frame.rst:TODO: 3 ways? there are 2 here
source/give_me_the_internet.rst:TODO: Picture_49.png  need a new screen shot for the new mesh network
source/hardware_evolution.rst:TODO: Add xo-4 info
source/keyboard.rst:TODO: <We should have a picture of 1.5 rather than 1.0>
source/starting_the_xo.rst:TODO: < we need a screen shot of the go to sleep image >
source/starting_the_xo.rst:TODO: < we need a screen shot of the stop sign image >
source/write.rst:TODO: write screenshot is wrong

• Compare with the old content, and check if something is missing http://dev.laptop.org/~gonzalo/old_help/XO_Introduction.html

About rst format

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Titles:

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Why rst format

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