On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 10:37:32PM -0500, Julita Inca wrote:

Hello Magazine list

I wrote a draft of the article you have approved related to Octave:

https://lleksah.wordpress.com/?p=5954&preview=true

It is not public yet, in order to correct it in case you suggest it.

I wasn't able to view this article. Are you able to follow the steps in the link I sent, to copy the text into the Magazine?

https://fedoramagazine.org/writing-an-article-for-the-fedora-magazine/

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 09:28:44PM -0500, Julita Inca wrote:

Hello Paul and Magazine people

I am attaching the draft as the magazine indicates. Since it is not possible to attach images I am also linking a visible post: https://lleksah.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/working-with-octave-on-fedora-26/

Hope it will be OK this time.

This article looks very interesting! Thank you for contributing it.

You can put images in a post -- use the "Add Media" button above the editor to insert a graphic.

I just realized we don't have good tips to tell writers how to do that, so I'm going to provide some here, and put them on our Magazine page of tips for writers.

* Use a default Fedora environment for screenshots. The background, styles, fonts, theming, color schemes, and prompts should be unmodified. This goes for terminals as well as graphical apps. An easy way to do this is make a fresh user account.

* If needed, alter the display resolution so it's no higher than 1280x800 (or 2560x1600 if a HiDPI type display). This ensures screenshots are legible even in thumbnails. Use the Display settings panel in the GUI to do this if needed.

* If the input/output is all text-based, copy/paste from a terminal and use the "Preformatted" style, rather than using a screenshot.

Hope this helps. Let us know -- here or in IRC #fedora-magazine -- if you get stuck or need any other assistance.

Hi, could you please tell me what else is needed to be published?

-- Julita

On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Julita Inca yrazes@gmail.com wrote:

Hello Fedora Magazine

I've finished the article of Octave with figures included:

http://goog_885110000 https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=18758&preview=true&preview_id=18758

I also did another post related an event I organized in Lima, Peru for the FWD:

https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=18802&preview=true&preview_id= 18802&preview_nonce=f4033720bf&post_format=standard&_thumbnail_id=-1

In case they need to be improved, just let me know.

Thanks in advanced, Julita Inca

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:

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On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 09:28:44PM -0500, Julita Inca wrote:

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Hello Paul and Magazine people

I am attaching the draft as the magazine indicates. Since it is not possible to attach images I am also linking a visible

post:

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https://lleksah.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/working-with-octave

-on-fedora-26/

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Hope it will be OK this time.

This article looks very interesting! Thank you for contributing it.

You can put images in a post -- use the "Add Media" button above the editor to insert a graphic.

I just realized we don't have good tips to tell writers how to do that, so I'm going to provide some here, and put them on our Magazine page of tips for writers.

• Use a default Fedora environment for screenshots. The background, styles, fonts, theming, color schemes, and prompts should be unmodified. This goes for terminals as well as graphical apps. An easy way to do this is make a fresh user account.

• If needed, alter the display resolution so it's no higher than 1280x800 (or 2560x1600 if a HiDPI type display). This ensures screenshots are legible even in thumbnails. Use the Display settings panel in the GUI to do this if needed.

• If the input/output is all text-based, copy/paste from a terminal and use the "Preformatted" style, rather than using a screenshot.

Hope this helps. Let us know -- here or in IRC #fedora-magazine -- if you get stuck or need any other assistance.

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Thank you Paul for your answer. In the university with the IRC port because it is closed. Next time I will try to be on IRC for the next meeting since I know they are on Wednesday I am also rewrite the Latex article with the suggestion you previously given me.

Best, Julita

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:

The article requires editing for grammar/style/flow. This will be assigned to an editor and we'll complete the rest of the steps for you. I was mentioning this in our IRC channel earlier, and I think we'll likely publish this on Friday or next Monday at latest.

Paul

On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:56:47PM -0500, Julita Inca wrote:

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Hi, could you please tell me what else is needed to be published?

-- Julita

On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Julita Inca yrazes@gmail.com wrote:

...

Hello Fedora Magazine

I've finished the article of Octave with figures included:

http://goog_885110000 https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=18758&preview=true&preview_id=18758

I also did another post related an event I organized in Lima, Peru for

the

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FWD:

https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=18802&preview=true&preview_id= 18802&preview_nonce=f4033720bf&post_format=standard&_thumbnail_id=-1

In case they need to be improved, just let me know.

Thanks in advanced, Julita Inca

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@gmail.com

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wrote:

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On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 09:28:44PM -0500, Julita Inca wrote:

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Hello Paul and Magazine people

I am attaching the draft as the magazine indicates. Since it is not possible to attach images I am also linking a

visible

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...

post:

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https://lleksah.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/working-with-octave

-on-fedora-26/

...

Hope it will be OK this time.

This article looks very interesting! Thank you for contributing it.

You can put images in a post -- use the "Add Media" button above the editor to insert a graphic.

I just realized we don't have good tips to tell writers how to do that, so I'm going to provide some here, and put them on our Magazine page of tips for writers.

• Use a default Fedora environment for screenshots. The background, styles, fonts, theming, color schemes, and prompts should be unmodified. This goes for terminals as well as graphical apps. An easy way to do this is make a fresh user account.

• If needed, alter the display resolution so it's no higher than 1280x800 (or 2560x1600 if a HiDPI type display). This ensures screenshots are legible even in thumbnails. Use the Display settings panel in the GUI to do this if needed.

• If the input/output is all text-based, copy/paste from a terminal and use the "Preformatted" style, rather than using a screenshot.

Hope this helps. Let us know -- here or in IRC #fedora-magazine -- if you get stuck or need any other assistance.

-- Paul W. Frields

http://paul.frields.org/

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On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:56:47PM -0500, Julita Inca wrote:

Hi, could you please tell me what else is needed to be published?

Hi Julita,

I installed Octave on a F26 system and opened a fresh user account to test the steps in your article. When I do, I get a completely black plot window. I've tested this in a brand new F26 VM guest install as well, same results.

It turns out this is a known problem with Octave on Wayland systems: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51442

My only guess is that you are either:

(1) running an Xorg session instead of Wayland, or (2) you set up graphics_toolkit() beforehand or in a startup file

I'll adapt the instructions to advise using graphics_toolkit("fltk") which seems to work best and with no spew to the console.

On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 06:03:16PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:

On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 05:49:10PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:

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On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:56:47PM -0500, Julita Inca wrote:

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Hi, could you please tell me what else is needed to be published?

Hi Julita,

I installed Octave on a F26 system and opened a fresh user account to test the steps in your article. When I do, I get a completely black plot window. I've tested this in a brand new F26 VM guest install as well, same results.

It turns out this is a known problem with Octave on Wayland systems: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51442

My only guess is that you are either:

(1) running an Xorg session instead of Wayland, or (2) you set up graphics_toolkit() beforehand or in a startup file

I'll adapt the instructions to advise using graphics_toolkit("fltk") which seems to work best and with no spew to the console.

Except... this makes all the screenshots inaccurate. And I found out that the "fltk" toolkit is just ugly. Using "gnuplot" is beter.

Do you have time to redo the screenshots using the gnuplot toolkit?

I think I managed to provide a notice in the article that explains why your screenshots are different. Also, Wayland seems to be finicky with Octave (this is an Octave bug) so this might be the safe way to go.

Note to all prospective writers: Please try to use a standard install when writing/testing your articles. You should be careful not to set readers up for disappointment or other unexpected results.