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Hmmm, I just tried to edit one of my own unedited articles, and I can change the Author ID(s)...
Why don't you just let jason make the articles with both him and you as authors, then you can just remove him. This should keep everyone happy!
- Anders
Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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Perhaps I didn't delve deeply enough into the wizard. I didn't see where IDs could be edited.
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I think we're arguing over different things. Would you like me to whip out a layout for each page and send it to you? Then you could post the articles yourself.
Marc, I do want to remain involved in this sort of thing so I will most likely be critiquing the articles to make sure they're up to snuff (standard layout and project info only). Do you have a problem with this? Of course all of my suggestions would be via email and not on a message board.
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Jason Henderson wrote:
I do want to remain involved in this sort of thing so I will most likely be critiquing the articles to make sure they're up to snuff
No, I definitely don't have a problem with that. In fact, I think it would be a good thing!
Jason Henderson wrote:
Would you like me to whip out a layout for each page and send it to you?
At this point it's probably not necessary. It would be nice to delegate some of this work, so I'm hoping I don't have to write all the project article pieces. For example, it would be nice if someone else can step forward with the design document. A sneak peek is of course welcome, but besides the Abstract, I don't think it's necessary.
Jason Henderson wrote:
Of course all of my suggestions would be via email and not on a message board.
 That got me to chuckle. Whew!
Marc
Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
It would be nice to delegate some of this work, so I'm hoping I don't have to write all the project article pieces. For example, it would be nice if someone else can step forward with the design document.
Give me an idea of what you're looking for, and maybe I'll take a stab at it. 
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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I'm not trying to steal your thunder or take credit for your work. I just want to maintain a standard layout across all of the projects. You can control the rest of the content and your team.
I think we can compromise on this.
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Jason Henderson wrote:
I think we can compromise on this.
Definitely. I hope I didn't come across as too hard-assed. 
Marc
Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"
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See my reply to Marc 
- Anders
Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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Just wanted to chip in that I think we should keep this all on CP and not move it over to SourceForge or any other project tool.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
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I think we are going to need some kind of Defect Tracking System (until our own is finished )
Do you think chris will host a freeware system for us?
And dont tell me that we can do this in a forum, it is just not gonna work.
What about source control, are we going to do that manually?
- Anders
Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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How do you propose we handle defect tracking? Is there a free defect tracker on the web we could use?
For SC, I could see one person (source manager) handling this stuff if we have no other option. What do you suggest?
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Jason Henderson wrote:
Is there a free defect tracker on the web we could use?
http://try.fogbugz.com/[^]
http://www.bugzilla.org/[^]
Disclaimer: i haven't used either of these.
Shog9
So much he don't understand,
Just might never make it to a man...
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Can you give me an update on the status of your abstracts?
Remember, they don't have to be perfect, just put enough info in them that we can start up the articles, form teams, and start having fun.
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Hopefully, I should have the abstract by the end of this evening for you. (GMT)
Roger Allen
Sonork 100.10016
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Thanks Roger.
No hurry. I'm kind of trying to figure out how I want to proceed anyway.
Jason Henderson latest CPP news
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Did you not get mine yesterday?
- Anders
Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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Got it!
Thanks.
Jason Henderson latest CPP news
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Requested by: Jason Henderson
All Request For Comments (RFC) should be posted on my message board[^] where I will then post them here at the proper time.
BEGIN
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Here are *rough* layouts for a CPP article series. If we can consolidate pages or if we desperately need another, then please say so. If there is more info needed on a specific page, let's discuss it. Of course, these are just initial layouts and project leaders will be able to put more info/features in their articles once created.
Article Series page layouts:
CP2 Project Name - MAIN PAGE
- critical_documents.zip
- links to other article series pages
- Development status
- Dev. Environment/language
- Abstract and general info
_________________________________________
- Messages/Comments
CP2 Project Name - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Team Member List
Project Leader
various other positions
- Current Assignments
who is assigned to what
- Positions needed to be filled
_________________________________________
- Messages/Comments
Requests to join
CP2 Project Name - SOURCE MANAGEMENT
- source_code.zip
- demo.zip
- Latest code changes
what changed, who changed it
- Latest screen shots/prototypes
_________________________________________
- Messages/Comments
code review
QA issues
CP2 Project Name - PROJECT DESIGN
- design_document_and_template.zip
- project_documentation.zip
- FAQ?
- Design Document or
documentation synopsis?
_________________________________________
- Messages/Comments
ideas/enhancements
CP2 Project Name - PROJECT DIARY
- timeline_doc_and template.zip
- Goals/timeline
- Milestones reached/not reached
- PL thoughts/Postmortum
_________________________________________
- Messages/Comments
Open
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END
Jason Henderson latest CPP news
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I think that we need to have a diary/changelog for each component, as well as the project as a whole. It might best be written in XML (with an XSLT transform), sort of like a blog, except with an expandable node for each component.
Example:
GUI Library
[-]Scrollable Viewport
[-]June 7, 2003 - Fixed re-painting bug
Fixed a bug which caused anomalies and un-painted
areas when a window was dragged over the control.
[+]June 8, 2003 - Completed pixel zoom implementation
[+]ListView
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etc.
Also, Current Assignments, and the index of design documents could be in XML. (BTW, I'd be glad to do it for you.)
Maybe we could do the UML design in ProxyDesigner, since they have support for publishing/collaborating on the web?
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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The question is, are XSLT transforms and such things available in CP articles. Will they work. If so, that would be fantastic.
Can you give me some links to more info on XSLT transforms. I'd like to learn more about them.
Jason Henderson latest CPP news
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Jason Henderson wrote:
The question is, are XSLT transforms and such things available in CP articles.
Yes. For instance, you could have a frame that links to an XML file. The XML file's transform would be set to the XSL file you wanted it to be transformed with. This is the easiest way, but not the only way.
The idea of XML is that the data is kept seperate from the way of viewing it. This prevents a substantial amount of time being wasted by editing HTML. Suppose you have an HTML file that contains a large list, and you want to change some aspect of the list's formatting. You have to go through the whole file, changing the format of each individual element. Now, you could put it in a database, and display it via an ASP page, but that is opening a whole new can of worms. The best way is to put the data in an XML file, and do the formatting via an XSLT transform.
I'll get you some links as soon as I can. In the mean time, here is a link[^] to a bug report I made in XML. The whole thing is transformed using XSLT. This one's nothing fancy, though.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Ok, I've read all about XSL(T) and I think I could make something like this with a little javascript mixed in to expand the nodes. The only thing is, it may take a while, plus I'm not sure if code project filters javascript or iframes out of articles when they are posted.
Another problem would be updating the xml file. You would have to go through the whole article update process to upload the file. You could bet your left testicle that Chris doesn't allow vbscript in the article contents, so updating the file via the asp page probably isn't an option.
So if you can prove to me that this works (maybe post your own article on XSL, since there aren't any good ones here) we'll go with it. Otherwise, we're stuck with the old tried and true methods.
Jason Henderson latest CPP news
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See here[^] for my version of an XSL tree. * It uses Javascript (in a seperate file), though, so it might not work in an article. It's really nice, so I hope it works out to embed it in an article.
It's not complete, but it is certainly very functional. I hope to soon add arrow-key navigation as well as mouse navigation, and take off the "more" link for items that don't have any link, etc.
BTW, in case you are wondering, this particular XML file is some of my preliminary ideas for the GUI Library (but of course, the XSL transform can be applied to any other XML file). I'll get into more detail on this tommorrow (Monday), including making available the UML model for it.
*[Note to Mozilla users: Mozilla does not currently support XML/XSL, so this will not show up in Mozilla. If necessary, I can pre-transform it to an HTML file just for viewing.]
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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It would be nice to be able to add this in an iframe to an article. Maybe you could host the xml and style sheet and we could just reference it in the iframe.
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