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User Guide update submissions
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RISC OS User Guide update submissions
About this page
This page lists each of the User Guide chapters, the notional owner or primary contributor for the chapter, and active reviewers.
The deadline for reviewing (19-Mar-2018) has now passed. You can look forward to a brand new Guide as the OS release schedule advances. A big thank you to everyone listed below who got involved!
Topics
| Preamble | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| Copyright page | Complete | ROOL | Sprow |
| Contents | Auto generated | ROOL | N/A |
| Introduction | Complete | ROOL | Anthony Vaughan Bartram, Mikko |
| Beginner’s concepts | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| The RISC OS desktop | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Using the mouse | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, Chris Mahoney |
| Using the keyboard | Complete | Sprow | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Windows | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Menus and dialogue boxes | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Using applications | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Files and directories | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Switching off the computer | Complete | ROOL | Mikko |
| Managing the desktop | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| The desktop | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Managing the desktop | Complete | ROOL | David Pitt, Mikko, James Byrne |
| Changing the computer's configuration | Complete | Chris Mahoney | David Pitt, Mikko, James Byrne |
| The Boot application | Complete | Sprow | David Pitt, Chris Dale, Mikko, James Byrne |
| Using discs | Complete | ROOL | David Pitt, Mikko, James Byrne |
| Other storage devices and filing systems | Complete | ROOL | David Pitt, Mikko, James Byrne |
| Networking | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| Local networks | Complete | Sprow | Oliver, James Byrne, Mikko |
| Setting up networking | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Sprow, Mikko |
| OmniClient | Complete | Sprow | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Printing | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| Setting up printers | Complete | Sprow | Mikko |
| Printing your files | Complete | Sprow | Mikko |
| PrintEdit | Complete | ROOL | Mikko |
| FontPrint | Complete | ROOL | Mikko |
| RISC OS applications | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| RISC OS Applications | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Using colour in applications | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Using fonts in applications | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Draw | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Mikko |
| Edit | Complete | Bernard Boase | James Byrne, Mikko |
| Paint | Complete | Chris Mahoney | Mikko |
| Alarm | Complete | Bernard Boase | Chris Mahoney, Mikko |
| Help | Complete | ROOL | Chris Mahoney, Mikko |
| Chars | Complete | Chris Wraight | Chris Mahoney, Mikko |
| CloseUp | Complete | ROOL | Richard Mellish, Mikko |
| Maestro | Complete | ROOL | John Bilton, Mikko |
| SciCalc | Complete | Chris Wraight | Richard Mellish, Mikko |
| Squash | Complete | ROOL | Richard Mellish, Mikko |
| RISC OS diversions | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| Blocks | Complete | Sprow | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Flasher | Complete | Sprow | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Hopper | Complete | Sprow | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Madness | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, James Byrne |
| MemNow | Complete | Sprow | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Meteors | Complete | Sprow | Mikko, James Byrne |
| MineHunt | Complete | Chris Wraight | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Patience | Complete | Chris Wraight | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Puzzle | Complete | Sprow | Mikko, James Byrne |
| RISC OS utilities | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| T1ToFont | Complete | ROOL | Mikko |
| HForm | Complete | ROOL | Chris Mahoney, Mikko |
| ChangeFSI | Complete | Sprow | Chris Mahoney, Mikko |
| Usage | Complete | Sprow | Chris Mahoney, Mikko |
| SparkFS | Complete | Sprow | Chris Mahoney, Mikko |
| Patch | Complete | Sprow | Mikko |
| Appendicies | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| The command line | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Built in application options | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, James Byrne |
| BBC BASIC | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, James Byrne |
| RISC OS file types | Complete | ROOL | Chris Mahoney, Mikko, James Byrne |
| Old-type screen modes | Complete | ROOL | Mikko, James Byrne |
| Removing a disc defect | Complete | ROOL | Richard Coleman, David Pitt, Mikko, James Byrne |
| Character sets | Complete | Sprow | David Pitt, Mikko, James Byrne |
| Error messages | Complete | ROOL | Chris Mahoney, Mikko, James Byrne |
| Postamble | |||
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| Index | Auto generated | ROOL | N/A |
| Reader’s comments | Complete | ROOL | Sprow, Mikko |
Tutorial material
| ZIP file | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Description/Status | Assigned to | Reviewed by |
| ReadMe | Complete | ROOL | Sprow |
| DrawTutor | Complete | Nobody | N/A |
| PaintTutor | Complete | Nobody | N/A |
| Pictures | Complete | Nobody | N/A |
| StarComms | Complete | ROOL | David Pitt |
Progress
62 of 62 main chapters (100%) complete. 62 of 62 (100%) reviewed at least once.
5 of 5 tutorial material (100%) complete. 5 of 5 (100%) reviewed at least once.
Use of the wiki for the User Guide
Once a set of updates has been chosen and folded into the master document RISC OS 5 User Guide, the page’s content will be reduced so that it is ready for further updates to be defined against the current master.
The prefix "UG: " in these Wiki page names is intended to keep this User Guide update material distinct from other areas of the Wiki which treat the same topics. (The chapter titles as displayed above have this prefix omitted).
In addition, each page may be given the category “User Guide” giving quick access to all the related pages in the Wiki.
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