I agree with Brynn. We should first focus in create the official/original
doc of Inkscape on Gitlab and then try to do this hard copy book to sell in
the inkscape store.
I just wanted to gather the opinions of you guys if more or less following
the index of a 3rd party material is a good idea or at least a good place
to start. We don't have to copy it topic by topic but we could inspire
ourselves in it.
Cheers,
--Victor Westmann
2017-04-29 6:19 GMT-07:00 brynn <br...@frii.com>:
> I don't mean to slow anyone's roll here. But wouldn't it make more sense
> to put any kind of energy towards documentation into the much discussed,
> direly needed, user-focused, step by step manual? Rather than starting
> from scratch on a whole different kind of project?
>
> There are many books out there already, which amount to a series of
> tutorials. It's not a bad thing. I just think this kind of project is
> better suited for a single author, or maybe a small team. And I think the
> project needs the manual much, more more than the community needs another
> book of tutorials.
>
> As far as I understand, all that's needed is an English translation
> of...well I can't find a link to the French version. Here's a link to
> whatever has been translated already: https://fr.flossmanuals.net/st
> art-with-inkscape/introduction/
>
> Once we have the translation, we'll be off and running to update and
> finish it! By the way, is there anything those of us who can't translate,
> can do, to help the translators?
>
> And won't such a new book of tutorials have to be published? A big
> obstacle to writing any book is getting it published. You almost have to
> have an invitation from a publisher to be certain a book will get
> published. Or publish it yourself, which is not easy eitiher.
>
> Just my opinion :-)
>
> brynn
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Maren Hachmann
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 4:01 PM
> To: Inkscape-Docs ; Inkscape Devel List
> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Any chance we can make some docs material?
> (targeting the moon)
>
>
> Would it make sense to use gitlab's new subgroups feature for this?
>
> The inkscape-docs team could be a sub-team of Inkscape, that way. There
> are only 4 members as of now, so changing wouldn't be so difficult as it
> might be later on.
>
> Maren
>
> Am 28.04.2017 um 16:14 schrieb Martin Owens:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 12:39 +0100, C R wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd love to quit my job and just do docs. :) Unfortunately, that's
>>>> what it would probably take to get docs going to the extent we'd
>>>> like.
>>>> It's been discussed before, but never gone anywhere because of lack
>>>> of time/hands involved.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, we should use Scribus to do it. In fact, it should probably be a
>>>> github project to attract contributors. This way we can patch what
>>>> needs to be patched when stuff changes in subsequent releases.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like you have a solid step one Chris.
>>>
>>> Here's the inkscape-docs group on gitlab, EVERYONE should join, there
>>> should be a button to join:
>>>
>>> https://gitlab.com/inkscape-docs
>>>
>>> And here's the new book/manual/docs project where files can be put:
>>>
>>> https://gitlab.com/inkscape/manuals
>>>
>>> I recommend using the wiki attached to the project to plan the
>>> adventure slowly. Add a bit at a time and don't rush to have something
>>> "complete" but have something small produced.
>>>
>>> Best Regards, Martin Owens
>>>
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