Seconded. We could use more focused but in-depth articles, even if they're not perfectly appropriate for reference documentation.
Adam On Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 5:10 PM hauptmech <hauptm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Eeli, > > It's really cool you wrote this up. I encourage you to publish this as a > blog article, or an informational post on kicad.info once you are happy > with it. Ironically it's more likely to be read and used there than the > official documentation. > > -hauptmech > > On 25/06/18 08:30, Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback. I don't feel need to aim this for the official > documentation. I can of course host it where it is now or put it in a git > service. And it certainly won't be "ready" for the 5.0 release. Right now > the factual content is the most important. It's meant to help especially > those who need to change configurations for e.g. KiCad 4 + 5 combination, > so I just keep it available and try to enhance it little by little. If I'll > get comments, I'll gather and store them for future editing sessions. > Possible factual errors I try to fix immediately. > > Eeli Kaikkonen > > su 24. kesäk. 2018 klo 22.56 Wayne Stambaugh (stambau...@gmail.com) > kirjoitti: > >> Hi Eeli, >> >> This is a good first start but it definitely needs some work before it's >> ready for the kicad documentation. I don't see this being ready for the >> stable 5 release unless someone has some time to step up and clean up >> the grammar and overly verbose writing. I'm also not sure where this >> document would live. The KiCad documentation seems like a good choice >> but it also might be reasonable to break it into specific app related >> pieces. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Wayne >> >> On 06/23/2018 06:45 AM, Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: >> > As I have said earlier, I have written a document about KiCad and >> > environment variables. It ended up being larger than I expected. It >> > handles even some tangential subjects and my style is verbose. Still I >> > hope it could be useful. I need feedback. Facts are of course the most >> > important, but I also take constructive criticism about the content in >> > general, structure and English grammar (I'm not a native speaker). >> > >> > It was suggested that maybe this could be added to the official >> > documentation. I'm open to different possibilities. I'm ready to >> convert >> > the document to a different format. >> > >> > Here's the link: >> > >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rq8i2Ay7qpGpffaj-AQmE-Xp88ikHhgyt0Ygpi8717o/edit?usp=sharing >> > >> > Eeli Kaikkonen >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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