Hi Ulf
> An example would still be useful, however, (especially an
> example where the GIMP manual is hard to read due to misplaced
> images).
I'll mock something up - but not for a little while - getting swamped..
3. Section 1.2 needs to tell me *how* to install the context
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Hi Bill
> On 05/09/2010 11:17, Hugh Loebner wrote:
> > Why not link to Inkscape, an open source drawing program?
>
> Because this part of the manual is about drawing shapes in GIMP (and only
> in
> GIMP).
> "More is less". More information than needed makes the manual less u
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:19 AM, David wrote:
> On 05/09/2010 11:17, Hugh Loebner wrote:
> > Why not link to Inkscape, an open source drawing program?
>
> Because this part of the manual is about drawing shapes in GIMP (and only
> in GIMP).
>
> People who read a manual generally do not want to rea
Kolbjørn Stuestøl (Wednesday, 01. September 2010)
> Ulf-D. Ehlert skreiv:
> > David (Monday, 30. August 2010)
[...]
> >> Images would be better right or left aligned,
> >> definitely not inline as at present.
> >
> > I don't see the problem (but that doesn't mean anything...). Can
> > you provide
David (Thursday, 02. September 2010)
> However the solution may be very simple. Use a layout like
> http://www.gimp.org/docs/
> with "wilber | GIMP" in the top orange bar to the left, linked to
> gimp.org. That's how I did it in my mock-up.
Hmm, nice idea. :-) We could add the link to the header
On 05/09/2010 11:17, Hugh Loebner wrote:
> Why not link to Inkscape, an open source drawing program?
Because this part of the manual is about drawing shapes in GIMP (and only in
GIMP).
People who read a manual generally do not want to read it. They generally want
to be using the application, bu
Why not link to Inkscape, an open source drawing program?
On Sep 5, 2010 4:34 AM, "David" wrote:
Another specific issue:
==
13.2. Creating a Basic Shape
1.Drawing shapes is not the main purpose for using GIMP. However, you may
create shapes by either painting them using the technique de
Another specific issue:
==
13.2. Creating a Basic Shape
1.Drawing shapes is not the main purpose for using GIMP. However, you may
create shapes by either painting them using the technique described in Figure
7.35, “A new image” or...
==
I suggest this would be better as:
