[Gimp-docs] Hello!

2017-09-14 Thread Famiglietti, Andrew A
Hi Gimp Documentation List! I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as a "real world" writing task for my Technical Writing Students this semester. I noticed your project was looking for do

Re: [Gimp-docs] Hello!

2017-09-14 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Famiglietti, Andrew A wrote: > Hi Gimp Documentation List! > > > I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of > Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as > a "real world" writing task for my Technical Writ

Re: [Gimp-docs] Hello!

2017-09-14 Thread dana thurston
That is really cool, Professor! Do you have your own YouTube/Vidme/Minds channel? I find that individuals put up videos and that is how I learn (and re-learn) techniques in GIMP. Loyal user for 6 years. Dana On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com

Re: [Gimp-docs] Hello!

2017-09-14 Thread Bill Skaggs
It's very difficult for students to write about broad topics like that. The chances of getting a useful result are much higher if they focus on limited domains such as tools, plug-ins, resources, etc. On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: [Gimp-docs] Hello!

2017-09-14 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Bill Skaggs wrote: > It's very difficult for students to write about broad topics like that. Which of the two areas of concern that I mentioned do you find broad? :) Alex ___ gimp-docs-list mailing list gimp-docs-list@g

Re: [Gimp-docs] Hello!

2017-09-14 Thread Bill Skaggs
Maybe broad is not quite the right term, but I believe both would be hard for students to write about effectively, unless they have had quite a bit of experience using the software. Bill On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep

Re: [Gimp-docs] gimp-docs-list Digest, Vol 57, Issue 1

2017-09-14 Thread Gayle CDer via gimp-docs-list
in need of Thanks so much for your time! ? --- Andy Famiglietti, PhD Assistant Professor of English, West Chester University http://copyvillain.org<http://copyvillain.org/> -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-

Re: [Gimp-docs] Hello!

2017-09-14 Thread Famiglietti, Andrew A
Thanks for all the interest! I'd work with students to try to find a narrow issue to address, in whatever category they choose to work in. I find that students can have useful things to contribute when it comes to the onboarding process, since they are often newer users themselves and can think

Re: [Gimp-docs] Hello!

2017-09-14 Thread Julien Hardelin
Welcome, Many chapters have to be updated, rebuilt or created. There is no complete list of what is to be done. You can find some indications in the "bug" list of Bugzila :https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&content=gimp%20manual&no_redirect=1&order=Importance&product=G