I noticed that somebody (presumably Robert) moved the cleaned up FAQ in the sandbox to be the actual FAQ on the website. This is fine by me, as it was good enough compared to the previous version. But at least let me know you did this, whoever it was...
Paul PS Having everybody edit the wiki under user "osg" doesn't help there. Perhaps we should allow account creation on the wiki? > Mike Weiblen wrote: >> Haven't had a chance to review, but Thank You Very Much for moving this >> forward! >> -- mew >> > Thanks :) > > I made some more changes, mostly edits and moving things around. I > noticed the really nice page containing the file format overview! It's > linked from the FAQ now. > > Here and there I added lines marked with "XXX" to indicate some stuff > that needs to be expanded/clearified/etc. For some topics I feel I'm not > the one with all the details. > > BTW, there's some different usage of OSG, OpenSceneGraph, the > OpenSceneGraph, etc. Perhaps we should get these consistent. Would > referring to "The OpenSceneGraph" be the best variant? > > Paul > > PS Updated FAQ is still in the sandbox for now > >> >> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Paul Melis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I did an initial restructuring in the wiki Sandbox. See >>> http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/SandBox/FAQ >>> >>> Let me know what you think. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> >>> Robert Osfield wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> >>>> I must admit not having given the FAQ much attention in the last year. >>>> It would be good to start updating it/reorganising it. I'm fully >>>> open to suggestions on how to improve it and assistance with improving >>>> it. I'd suggest kicking out a separate thread for this. >>>> >>>> Robert. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> It seems that a percentage of the posts on the lists can be >>>>> considered >>>>> straight items from the FAQ on the website. I recently did a bit of >>>>> >>> editing >>> >>>>> on the FAQ as it isn't really the most readable piece on the site. >>>>> Particularly, I updated some stuff that seemed to reference OSG >>>>> versions >>>>> when Producer was still used, deleted/replaced broken URLs and fixed >>>>> >>> some >>> >>>>> wording and spelling. However, I stil think it can be improved and >>>>> >>> hopefully >>> >>>>> make more people consult it before posting to the list. Things I had >>>>> in >>>>> mind: >>>>> - Structure the items in a few sections (e.g. Introduction/Overview, >>>>> Building/Installation, File formats, General development, >>>>> >>> Linux-specific, >>> >>>>> Windows-specific, etc) >>>>> - Update the list of file formats to include information on >>>>> read/write >>>>> support of all plugins >>>>> - osgViewer seems to be responsible for a fair amount of posts, >>>>> perhaps >>>>> >>> it >>> >>>>> deserves its own section in the FAQ? >>>>> >>>>> Now, I don't have enough knowledge of every piece of OSG to edit all >>>>> the >>>>> entries, but I'd be happy to continue improving the FAQ. I didn't see >>>>> an >>>>> easy way for structuring, as currently an automatically generated >>>>> >>> overview >>> >>>>> of the questions is used. Any tips there? >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> osg-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> osg-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> osg-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
