<newsletter:master> Adding some content about the wiki

Tue Aug 16 19:39:01 UTC 2011

Updating branch refs/heads/master
         to 5d423f5d7c7172c7c386f272337fccc668de5e14 (commit)
       from 148d52111ce0b49d7dd2f67d173b896aff702d86 (commit)

commit 5d423f5d7c7172c7c386f272337fccc668de5e14
Author: Frank Lanitz <frank at frank.uvena.de>
Date:   Tue Aug 16 21:37:49 2011 +0200

    Adding some content about the wiki

 vol_3/newsletter_3.rst |  103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vol_3/newsletter_3.rst b/vol_3/newsletter_3.rst
index 9bf8499..0231194 100644
--- a/vol_3/newsletter_3.rst
+++ b/vol_3/newsletter_3.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ Geany Universe
 New Geany Wiki
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+Since a couple of weeks Geany is now having a wiki, in which
+interesting facts around Geany can be collected. Some pages are
+still empty and some topics might be missing, but a start is done.
+Check out the pages at `wiki.geany.org <http://wiki.geany.org/>`_.
+
 
 Let us introduce you...
 =======================
@@ -62,31 +67,31 @@ Plugin Focus
 Spell Check
 ***********
 
-Although Geany is primarily an editor aimed at programming tasks, 
-it's often used to write plain text. All of us would like to think 
-that we can spell correctly but, especially for foreign words, a 
-little help is always welcome. Geany's Spell Check plugin can help, 
-either checking on demand or as you type. To check the spelling of 
-the current document on demand, select Tools > Spell Check > 
-[language] from the main menu. If you often use this feature 
-consider creating a keyboard shortcut to make activating it easier. 
-If you would prefer to have your spelling checked immediately, 
-enable the "Check spelling while typing" option in the plugin's 
-preferences: Edit > Plugin Preferences > Spell Check. The default 
-language used by Spell Check is configured in Spell Check's 
+Although Geany is primarily an editor aimed at programming tasks,
+it's often used to write plain text. All of us would like to think
+that we can spell correctly but, especially for foreign words, a
+little help is always welcome. Geany's Spell Check plugin can help,
+either checking on demand or as you type. To check the spelling of
+the current document on demand, select Tools > Spell Check >
+[language] from the main menu. If you often use this feature
+consider creating a keyboard shortcut to make activating it easier.
+If you would prefer to have your spelling checked immediately,
+enable the "Check spelling while typing" option in the plugin's
+preferences: Edit > Plugin Preferences > Spell Check. The default
+language used by Spell Check is configured in Spell Check's
 preferences.
 
 .. image:: ../img/issue3_spellcheck.png
 
-The Spell Check plugin can offer suggestions for misspelled words in 
-the Message window, in the context menu or both. Choose whichever 
-option suits you best by checking the options in the plugin's 
-preferences. Any suspect words are marked with a red squiggly 
-underline. To correct these, right-click on them and highlight the 
-"Spelling Suggestions" item in the context menu. From there you can 
-either select from a list of suggested words, add the word to your 
-personal dictionary or ignore it. You can install extra dictionaries 
-in Myspell format which is especially useful if you're often using 
+The Spell Check plugin can offer suggestions for misspelled words in
+the Message window, in the context menu or both. Choose whichever
+option suits you best by checking the options in the plugin's
+preferences. Any suspect words are marked with a red squiggly
+underline. To correct these, right-click on them and highlight the
+"Spelling Suggestions" item in the context menu. From there you can
+either select from a list of suggested words, add the word to your
+personal dictionary or ignore it. You can install extra dictionaries
+in Myspell format which is especially useful if you're often using
 words which are not in a standard dictionary.
 
 
@@ -96,41 +101,41 @@ Feature Focus
 Line Breaking vs Line Wrapping
 ******************************
 
-In the Document menu are check boxes Line Breaking and Line 
+In the Document menu are check boxes Line Breaking and Line
 Wrapping. Although their names are similar, they behave differently.
 
 ''Line Breaking''
 
-When the Line Breaking option is enabled and you type a word past 
-the "Line breaking column" (set in Preferences), Geany will input a 
-carriage return at the end of the line and put the cursor on the 
-line below. This option is best used with plain text files when you 
-you want to keep every line to a maximum length. It's not 
-recommended for code since you might not notice the line break occur 
+When the Line Breaking option is enabled and you type a word past
+the "Line breaking column" (set in Preferences), Geany will input a
+carriage return at the end of the line and put the cursor on the
+line below. This option is best used with plain text files when you
+you want to keep every line to a maximum length. It's not
+recommended for code since you might not notice the line break occur
 and later have to debug the result.
 
-Line Breaking is activated only when you move the cursor past the 
-"Line breaking column" while editing. This means that an already 
-long line will simply get longer if you add text before the "Line 
-breaking column". When this happens you can use the "Reflow 
-Lines/Block" function (in the Edit > Format menu) to adjust all 
-lines so that they're within the line breaking column. Line Breaking 
-must be enabled per document via the menu option Document > Line 
+Line Breaking is activated only when you move the cursor past the
+"Line breaking column" while editing. This means that an already
+long line will simply get longer if you add text before the "Line
+breaking column". When this happens you can use the "Reflow
+Lines/Block" function (in the Edit > Format menu) to adjust all
+lines so that they're within the line breaking column. Line Breaking
+must be enabled per document via the menu option Document > Line
 Breaking.
 
 ''Line Wrapping''
 
-The Line Wrapping option is similar to Line Breaking but the lines 
-are only wrapped visually; no carriage returns or line feeds are 
-added. This option is best used when you want to be able to see the 
-entire file within the current window. So that it's obvious which 
-lines have been wrapped, a visual indicator is added to the end of 
-each wrapped line. Line Wrapping is very CPU-intensive and can slow 
+The Line Wrapping option is similar to Line Breaking but the lines
+are only wrapped visually; no carriage returns or line feeds are
+added. This option is best used when you want to be able to see the
+entire file within the current window. So that it's obvious which
+lines have been wrapped, a visual indicator is added to the end of
+each wrapped line. Line Wrapping is very CPU-intensive and can slow
 down Geany if it's enabled while editing a very large file.
 
-If you prefer to have Line Wrapping enabled by default, there is an 
-option for this in the Preferences dialog box Editor > Features. 
-With this option enabled, you can disable Line Wrapping via the menu 
+If you prefer to have Line Wrapping enabled by default, there is an
+option for this in the Preferences dialog box Editor > Features.
+With this option enabled, you can disable Line Wrapping via the menu
 option Document > Line Wrapping.
 
 .. image:: ../img/issue3_linewrapping.png
@@ -139,16 +144,16 @@ option Document > Line Wrapping.
 People behind Geany -- Interview
 =================================
 
-This is the first in a series of interviews with Geany's 
-contributors: core developers, plugin developers, translators, wiki 
-maintainers and any other job we can think of. The purpose of the 
-interviews is to get to know each of these people a little better: 
+This is the first in a series of interviews with Geany's
+contributors: core developers, plugin developers, translators, wiki
+maintainers and any other job we can think of. The purpose of the
+interviews is to get to know each of these people a little better:
 their hopes, dreams, plans and favourite Geany plugin.
 
 Columban Wendling
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Thank you to Colomban Wendling for agreeing to an interview and 
+Thank you to Colomban Wendling for agreeing to an interview and
 congratulations for being the very first. Now on to the questions...
 
 

