Re: [Gimp-docs] a new user perspective
@David: BTW, I think you did never mention: are you working on cloned copy of the git repository, i.e. on the source files? I do have a cloned copy, and have submitted one minor change from it. However the webpages at http://drking.webstarts.com/index.html are a quick mock-up using (rather imperfect) html/css. To do this from the docbook source would mean moving to my Ubuntu machine and, in the absence of the instructions which I believe were once on the wiki, I'd expect to spend hours getting the thing to generate html from docbook, and hours learning which docbook tags are useful, and hours playing with gimp-doc style sheets. In other words the technology is in the way. The main problem I'm trying to solve can be illustrated thus: The docs describe how to draw a straight line, *at least twice*. The second author must have been unaware that it had already been done. Now, if an author is unable to find what is in the contents, there is surely little hope for a user. That's a problem, isn't it? ;) My contention is that by restructuring the contents we could make the docs much easier to use. So I've mocked that up for your comments. Because it was easy, I've used a more visually compact page layout, which I prefer - that's a secondary (independent) issue. If there is interest in restructuring the contents, I'd try to find the time to set things up. If not, I'd be better offering just minor changes from hand-altered docbook source, for someone else to test / commit. David ___ Gimp-docs mailing list Gimp-docs@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs
Re: [Gimp-docs] a new user perspective
@Ulf Selections as sub-section of Painting is not too absurd IMHO. Remember that you can select and copy/cut to create a new brush (see 7.9.2. Creating a brush quickly). Sorry - should have replied to this. If I'm right that the contents page is too long, then a new user needs to be able to find Selections from a top level section heading. Painting suggests brushes, fill tools, etc to me. I wouldn't immediately look there for help on selecting. I might possibly look under Toolbox I suppose, having seen some of the selection tools, although that is on the 8th screen of the current contents so I might miss it. The killer point is that the contents are for someone who doesn't currently know that you can select and copy/cut to create a new brush. Actually I didn't ;). It's just my view of course... D ___ Gimp-docs mailing list Gimp-docs@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs
Re: [Gimp-docs] GIMP 2.6 pdf manual
On 11/6/10, Kharnang wrote: Thanks Alexandre - Is there an html version or something that I can refer to other than trial and error? Cheers HTML and PDF are on the same server. When one is not available, the other isn't available either. There are only Win installers for help system (HTML really) at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-win/files/ Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org ___ Gimp-docs mailing list Gimp-docs@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs
Re: [Gimp-docs] Revamp of docs.gimp.org
Cc'd Yosh (y...@gimp.org) ;; Roman Joost romanof...@gimp.org writes: Hi Byung-Hee, On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 10:58:37AM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: I have two service machines, which are running FreeBSD. Well i have no skills in operating for gimp docs services. Though i would be offer one of them for gimp project after discussions. Any comments? Thanks for the offer. Sounds good to get our release published temporary until the docs services moved from the current machine to the new server. How we go from here? In first, by the way, i think you(we) should contact docs.gimp.org[graft.xcf.berkeley.edu]'s maintainer. Then, discuss. As far as i know, the man is Manish Singh man...@xcf.berkeley.edu. Yosh is already on it to get docs.gimp.org back to work as far as I know. Well, if so, until Yosh give us some assurance about this issue i have to wait. Sincerely, -- 소여물 황병희(黃炳熙) | .. 출항 15분전.. Old friend, I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me. -- Vito Corleone, Chapter 1, page 47 pgpJdtd6t435D.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gimp-docs mailing list Gimp-docs@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs
