Hi Jabier (and all who are interested in joining), thank you for your offer!
You can have a look here, it has most of the info and all the important links: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/35841546/ Jabier, maybe you would like to help with the styling or cover design? I haven't explored all about how much freedom the platform allows us, though. As this is just a basic, beginners' guide, I think a developer is a bit overqualified for the contents! We could use your help with contents later, when (if) we create a more glossary-like manual, for looking things up. But this would be a separate project, most probably written on a different platform. Kind Regards, Maren Am 04.06.2017 um 22:06 schrieb Jabier Arraiza: > Thanks Maren for your work! I hope soon can get more help. Sorry the > therad about manual become too long and finaly remove atention from me. > > The manual is a HTML5, Scribus or...? > Whats the TODO list about this? > > Cheers, Jabier. > > > On Sun, 2017-06-04 at 14:46 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote: >> CR, I have been translating (and fixing contents as I go) 1-2 >> chapters >> each day for the last 2.5 weeks and am more than halfway through (35 >> chapters done, 24 left to do). There wasn't anyone else to be seen >> around, after the first week, when one person translated a chapter >> (unfortunately they picked the only one that needs to be rewritten >> from >> scratch, because Inkscape changed), and two people proofread a couple >> of >> chapters (thank you!!!). Well, and a couple of days ago, someone >> seems >> to have accidentally wiped all the notes on the book, that were >> supposed >> to help get people started (or maybe it was a platform bug). >> >> I'd be glad to see some proofreading and styling/screenshooting >> people >> get on board, so we can continue seamlessly after I'm through with >> translating. >> >> I'm a bit disappointed about everyone being so engaged and vocal >> about >> helping/liking the action, and now me working on it alone for > 2 >> weeks >> already. >> But that's normal, I guess - it was the reason why I haven't started >> this earlier, and I felt ready to take it on now, no matter what. >> >> Anyway, I'm going to continue to plow through, then translations will >> be >> ready before the hackfest. In parallel, I'm going to be plowing >> through >> my new garden, and to help fix up someone else's house, so I expect >> to >> not have time for much else. >> >> I'd be glad if someone could try and reengage people to help with the >> manual (preferably people who are able to work independently and know >> Inkscape inside out, or who concentrate on something they really do >> well, like fixing up language or styling). >> >> There are more than enough open tasks: >> from CSS to cover design, to screenshooting, to consistency checking >> and >> layouting, to improving on my more or less weird English, to adding >> missing content (or perhaps, translating, of course). >> >> And yet, when we do this, I think it's important to take care to >> honor >> the underlying 'Keep it simple and as short as possible' concept of >> the >> book, which would make it possible for young teenagers to use it to >> get >> started, without much theoretical ballast. >> Elisa seems to have invested a *lot* of thought into how she built up >> the chapters and when to start teaching which concept. I suspect her >> concept stems from experience in teaching live Inkscape courses. >> >> Maren >> >> Am 04.06.2017 um 13:32 schrieb C R: >>> I'd say let's wait and do a progress report, so we can say that >>> we're >>> making progress on it, rather than just that we've decided to do >>> it. I >>> plan on helping this area of the project much more after I handle >>> the >>> hackfest swag. It would be better to have a more or less complete >>> manual before we announce it to the public, unless it's a call for >>> help with it. >>> >>> If it's a call for help with that area of the project, then go >>> ahead, though. :) >>> >>> Thanks for the amazing amount of work you're doing for the project, >>> brynn. It's definitely helping drive my own motivation for Inkscape >>> project work. :) >>> >>> -C >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 12:17 PM, brynn <br...@frii.com> wrote: >>>> Hi Friends, >>>> As I'm writing up a quick draft to announce the upcoming >>>> hackfest, I >>>> suddenly wondered if it might be a good idea to write a short >>>> item about the >>>> recent new work on the new manual? >>>> >>>> I could do that, after I finish the hackfest article. I'm >>>> thinking >>>> Maren might be able to get all the details correct, the first >>>> time around? >>>> Although I don't mean to volunteer her. As I said, I could do it >>>> myself, if >>>> we decide to do it. >>>> >>>> I think it would help in community-building, to keep the >>>> wider >>>> community up to date about these things. What do other manual >>>> workers and >>>> Docs list subscribers think? >>>> >>>> All best, >>>> brynn >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --------------- >>>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Inkscape-devel mailing list >>>> inkscape-de...@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ------------- >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape-devel mailing list >>> inkscape-de...@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-docs mailing list >> Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
