Hello Stuart, Thank you for your quick and detailed reply, and please call me Venkat.
I have FG installed at home for the last 2 weeks and use it regularly. However, I find the manual installed with the package is aimed at users with a little background in Aviation. I do not have that background and find the manual difficult to use. Simple tasks such as taxiing, taking off, cannot be performed by a first timer with the information provided in the manual, and I am struggling even to taxi let alone takeoff and maintain the altitude. I know that the whole effort of writing is entirely voluntary and I am grateful for that and appreciate that the author has made the effort to do the documentation. In fact, I would be very happy to help in this regard. I have not had the opportunity to go through http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/flight_simulator_tutorial.html yet. Would it be possible for creating and maintaining different documents targeting different audience levels? And how can I help? Regards Venkat Buchanan, Stuart wrote: > Hi Venkatesh Parthasarathy, > > You will probably want to start by having a look at the documentation we > already have. See http://www.flightgear.org/docs.html. > > The main piece of documentation is The FlightGear Manual (aka The Manual). > This is delivered with each release and is intended to be complete user > documentation. > > We also have an active Wiki, which contains information that hasn't been > added to The Manual (yet). > > I would suggest that you download FG, and have a play with it while > referencing the Manual and Eric's tutorial > (http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/flight_simulator_tutorial.html). We are > currently merging this tutorial into the Manual. > > Once you've done this you should have > a) an idea of where the documentation needs improving > b) a better idea of how FG works. > > I'd highly recommend that you look at improving The Manual as opposed to > writing completely new documentation. It is typset using Latex and is > under CVS source-code control. If you are not familiar with either of > these tools, don't worry - they are pretty easy to learn and provide a > very easy way for multiple people to work on the same document. > > Hope this helps. > > -Stuart > > --- Venkatesh Parthasarathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> I am a Tech Writer by profession and would like to pitch in to write the >> >> FG documentation. However, I have a major drawback, I do not have any >> background in aviation / simulation. Where would I get enough background >> >> or basic information about aviation before I can commit myself to this >> task. >> >> Any links to documents that would provide basic knowledge would be >> welcome. >> >> Regards, >> Venkatesh Parthasarathy, >> India. >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, >> security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >> easier >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache >> Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> _______________________________________________ >> Flightgear-users mailing list >> Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users >> >> > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Inbox full of spam? Get leading spam protection and 1GB storage with All New > Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
