> Hi all,
>
> I think the organization of the Slide docs could be improved for a
forthcoming
> release, with two main goals:
>
> 1.  Clearly separate the documentation by it's intended target group:
>
> 1.1 Website:
>     Quick overview of the project, it's purpose, status, contributors,
etc.
>     Quite a lot like it is today.
>
> 1.2 User's Guide
>     Move the user/administrator oriented documents into a self-contained
>     User's Guide (no need to make separation between users and
administrators
>     here IMO). This would include installation/configuration instructions
etc.
>     The website would have a single link to the User's Guide, instead of
links
>     to every page of it (look at the Tomcat docs for an example).

+1.

> 1.3 Developer's Guide
>     Again provide a self-contained bundle of documents and javadocs of the
>     various modules. Move the current website sections "Programmer's
Corner"
>     and "Slide API" directly into the JavaDoc of the core API (using
package
>     and overview files). Again the website would link to the entire
Developer's
>     Guide instead of to every page of it.

+1.

> 2.  Provide a well-printable version of the entire User's Guide (using a
>     different stylesheet for example). The left-side navigation screws up
>     most prints (I've even manually removed it in the past when I wanted
>     a hardcopy of the 'Slide API' section ;>). Even using a frameset is an
>     option here (see http://xml.apache.org/axis/).

Yes, that's a good idea. It should be indeed doable with a new stylesheet.

> I'd volunteer to help with 1.3 and 2 if we can agree that these goals are
> desirable. I'm not really fit for writing new content, though. ;o)

Remy

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