Paul, dang sorry... did I get the essence of your position streight?
Steve M. Paul Tan wrote: > Hi Steve, > > You can blatantly put words in "Paul Tran"'s mouth, but > please don't put words in Paul Tan's mouth. Just kidding. > > Best Regards, > Paul Tan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gEDA developer mailing list <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 4:50 pm > Subject: gEDA-dev: Geda Learning curve and documentation > > > > The subject of the learning curve and geda comes fairly frequently. > > To blatently put words in Paul Tran's mouth I believe Paul would argue > that the flexible nature of geda's attributes and scheme interface are > what make geda flexible and thus powerfull. > > Well, I was trying to put some documentation together on attributes when > while doing a search on google with the key words (geda attrib > graphical) when I discover a link to geda:master_attributes_list > [gedaWiki] My reaction was wow where has this been hidding. So I try to > back trace to how one would find this document in the wiki pages and it > isn't obvious. > > http://geda.seul.org/wiki/ -> > http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:documentation -> > 1/3 down the page under the heading " > Attribute/File Format Details" is Master Attributes List > > > I had looked for something like this earlier and nothing had poped out. > > The point of this diatribe was to suggest maybe a rethink about how the > wiki is organized taking into account how users learn specific subjects > and what documentation they need to have access to while they are > learning. In this case I wouldn't group the "Master Attributes List" > with file formats. The basic user doesn't really need to know about the > insides of schematic or symbol file but they critically need to know > about attributes, what they are, when and how to use and what their > effects are. > > Not that this would help me as I probably wouldn't take the time to go > through the basic documentation but it might help others. > > Perhaps a survey of new users and what their expectations/needs for > shortening the learning curve? > > Steve Meier > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AIM(R) Mail ! - > http://webmail.aim.com > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev > > _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
