It may appear to some that I have been "all over the place" recently. However, the unifying theme is making life easier for newbies. In particular, we want a better installer, and we want better tutorials. This will be the theme of the rest of the 4.8 release cycle.
Imo, the best model for tutorials is Leo's existing Screenbook tutorials. Joe Orr's work is splendid in all respects. It is Leonine: it looks and works much like Leo does. The layout pane allows for unlimited numbers of tutorial subjects. The design of the "body pane" always makes clear to the reader what the context of the present tutorial page is. A single .css files controls all visual aspects of the tutorial. So the goal is clear: create a suite of tutorials that can be merged into something looks (as much as possible) *exactly* like Leo's present Screenbook tutorial. Of course, the contents will be different, especially the actual look of the screen shots. Thus, the only remaining question is how to do this in the simplest, easiest way. If possible, we would like to use existing web standards, and we would like to create a framework that is generally useful for other tasks. Indeed, using Leo outlines to create Screenbook-like (or s5-like) slide shows might be an extremely popular application of Leo. Today's work has just begun the project. I'll be looking for quick prototypes soon. To repeat what I said in another threads: there is no need to "discover" complete solutions. We are free to look for bits and pieces that do *parts* of the overall task. If you know of a tool that would help in some way, no matter how small, it would be great if you told us about it. Who knows, something that looks minor at first may turn out to be a crucial piece of the puzzle. All comments welcome. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
