User:Gorok/PP/Checklist/Initial Setup

Get some basic knowledge of your project and any special issues pointed out in the Project Comments or the discussion. Prepare everything to start work. This are some basic things that make sure everything is ready for the real PP.

• Go to Project page
  • read Project Comments
  • bookmark the project URL
  • read the project discussion, note any issues proofers raised
  • use 'Watch this topic for replies' on the project discussion. This will make sure you notice any new replies to the project discussion.
• Make a project folder, e.g. (Win) ..\dp\pp\author\bookname or (Mac/Linux) ../dp/pp/author/bookname
• Download the text and images files and unpack in new folder:
  • text to 00_original.txt
  • page images in subfolder pngs
  • hi-res illustration scans in subfolder originals
  • empty subfolder images
• Check textfile for problematic proofernames. This step can save a lot of trouble with Guiguts later. If you do not use Guiguts it still likely is a good idea since it makes sure all page separators follow the same pattern.
  1. make sure file separators end in a hyphen
     Search for:

     (-----File(.*)[^-]$)

     and replace with:

     $1-----

     This will add 5 hyphens to the page separators if there aren't any (5 is arbitraty, actually 1 should be enough). Of course it is also possible to add the hyphens manually.
  2. check proofer names for problematic characters. Replace or delete any problematic characters (so far I believe only a period causes problems.) The Proofer names are not that important and can be checked on the project page anyway. Besides, you are likely still able to recognize the names after changing a single character.
     Search for:

     (-----File: [a-z0-9]+\.png.*)\.(.*\-+$)

     and replace with:

     $1_$2

  3. if any of the page separators got changed:
     1. save the file and close it
     2. delete the corresponding .bin file. Since the .bin file likely is corrupt (not all of the page separators had the correct format) we just delete it. Guiguts will create a new one on the next save.
     3. reopen the file and save it again. This will make sure there is a working .bin file.