Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-06-04 Thread Valdis Vītoliņš
IMHO almost all computers have a network. So, why not to implement context sensitive help, which opens web page? Valdis ... Oh, I agree! I think the context-sensitive help should be part of GnuCash itself. However how LARGE is the context-sensitive help? How much would it bloat the

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-06-04 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am Freitag, 4. Juni 2010 um 09:48:54 schrieb Valdis Vītoliņš: IMHO almost all computers have a network. So, why not to implement context sensitive help, which opens web page? Valdis ... As a somtimes offline user I dislike this idea - apps going that way get dropped as unusuable on my

RE: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-06-04 Thread adekunle adekoya
PM To: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org; valdis.vitol...@odo.lv Subject: Re: Why Two sets of Documentation? Am Freitag, 4. Juni 2010 um 09:48:54 schrieb Valdis Vītoliņš: IMHO almost all computers have a network. So, why not to implement context sensitive help, which opens web page? Valdis

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-06-04 Thread Derek Atkins
Frank H. Ellenberger f.ellenber...@online.de writes: Am Freitag, 4. Juni 2010 um 09:48:54 schrieb Valdis Vītoliņš: IMHO almost all computers have a network. So, why not to implement context sensitive help, which opens web page? Valdis ... As a somtimes offline user I dislike this idea -

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-06-04 Thread Derek Atkins
David T. sunfis...@yahoo.com writes: I meant the former (context help out of -docs and into the base app). I am not sure what constitutes reasonable, but when I download the help manual from http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/help/help.html, the result is about 1MB in size. I haven't checked whether

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-06-03 Thread David T.
--- On Thu, 6/3/10, Derek Atkins warl...@mit.edu wrote: From: Derek Atkins warl...@mit.edu Subject: Re: Why Two sets of Documentation? To: David T. sunfis...@yahoo.com Cc: Josh Sled js...@asynchronous.org, gnucash-devel@gnucash.org Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 12:52 PM David, David T

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-06-02 Thread Derek Atkins
Josh Sled js...@asynchronous.org writes: David T. sunfis...@yahoo.com writes: From my (limited) perspective, I see very little substantive difference between the two sets. Most times, the Tutorial guide has better information to my way of looking at it. There is no good reason for two

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-06-02 Thread David T.
). Is there some way to incorporate the context help directly into the main Gnucash application, so that users would at least get that just-the-facts kind of help from the get-go? David --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Derek Atkins warl...@mit.edu wrote: From: Derek Atkins warl...@mit.edu Subject: Re: Why Two

Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-05-27 Thread David T.
I was trying to help out with a user's question about reconciling, and began to look into making the help documentation clearer. I blithely loaded up the Concepts Guide, and began to edit the text there on Reconciling. When I got a ways into the edit, I decided to take a quick look at the Help

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-05-27 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi David, Am Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2010 um 20:36:17 schrieb David T.: Could someone explain why there are the two documents, and would it be advisable to combine them into one set of documentation? IIRC the guide should contain a tutorial and introduce the concepts of GnuCash, while help

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-05-27 Thread David T.
. Ellenberger f.ellenber...@online.de wrote: From: Frank H. Ellenberger f.ellenber...@online.de Subject: Re: Why Two sets of Documentation? To: David T. sunfis...@yahoo.com Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:01 PM Hi David, Am Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2010 um 20:36:17

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-05-27 Thread John Ralls
On May 27, 2010, at 3:59 PM, David T. wrote: [SNIP Because I am on a Mac, *none* of the help works from the application, and I have taken to just dredging the online docs when I run into problems. I'm happy to report that that will be fixed in 2.3.13. Regards, John Ralls

Re: Why Two sets of Documentation?

2010-05-27 Thread Josh Sled
David T. sunfis...@yahoo.com writes: From my (limited) perspective, I see very little substantive difference between the two sets. Most times, the Tutorial guide has better information to my way of looking at it. There is no good reason for two documents. They should be combined, focused