Chris, I think Henry's approach is very good. It has always seemed awkward to me for there to be a separate page for the qt ide, and then another for the addons especially because they often did not refer to one another or if they did, the references/links were hard to see.
Perhaps a compromise would be a "Quick Start" page as you suggest, but Henry's clarity would be missed without a page such as his. It sounds like there are 2 different "Quick Start" pages needed: one for a full installation and one for a minimal installation. I think Henry's page accomplishes both, somewhat. On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:57 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to revert to separate pages for the base and for the Qt > installation. It is too much to have all this on one page. > > As Bill points out, it is the case that Qt is optional. That your users > need it should not complicate the installation for others. > > By all means steer the novice as you think appropriate, but this should not > affect the base installation page. A simple statement on that page can > direct them to the Qt IDE page. > > I am surprised that all this is apparently caused by your students having > difficulties with the Mac. This makes it more appropriate that we have a > "Quick Start" page that gives the few instructions needed to install > J+Qt+Addons for those who just want everything in the default location. > This page can have sections for each platform. > > -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
