I'll have a look again later today, first I'll need to get the README on gitlab ready, then I'll make the edits to include a link.
I found a previous version of the news article yesterday and liked it a lot :) Thank you, Brynn, for working on this so quickly and phrasing it so nicely! Kind Regards, Maren Am 07.06.2017 um 14:14 schrieb brynn: > I thought I posted that I had a first draft, but now I can't find it. > So this is it: https://inkscape.org/en/news/unpublished/812/ > > Let me know if any changes are needed, or if it can be published as is. > Or for those who have access, please feel free to make changes and/or > publish it yourself :-) > > All best, > brynn > > -----Original Message----- From: Maren Hachmann > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 3:42 PM > To: brynn ; inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] News item about the new manual work? > > Am 06.06.2017 um 14:29 schrieb brynn: >> Hi Maren, >> Oh yes, that's awesome content, and great ideas! I'll be able to >> get that done today! >> >> Yes, a "getting unstuck" or "faq" or "troubleshooting" section >> would be great! It will be a little while before I start on that. But >> it's on my to-do list. >> >> (Looks like I started up a mess, with my recent request to fix >> one of those type of items via developers! Meaning the draw first, >> style 2nd debate, which is nothing to do with what I wanted. But oh >> well, it's progress.) >> >> I'll post when I have a draft ready. > > - Great, thank you! > Be sure to post a link, when you are ready for proofing. > > Kind Regards, > Maren > >> All best, >> brynn >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Maren Hachmann >> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 4:54 PM >> To: inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] News item about the new manual work? >> >> Hi Brynn, >> >> yes, a short news item would be nice to show that work has started on a >> Beginners' Guide (it's not a real manual, in the classical sense). >> >> I think we especially need: >> - a few (not so many!) testers who only begin using Inkscape, to tell us >> if they understand it. They can accompany us, but also join at a later >> point of time. This could also be a teacher, who has experience teaching >> Inkscape to students. >> - one or two artists who want to design a cover image for the various >> output formats. This artist needs to be able to find his way around in >> the booktype interface, and to be able to follow the manual instructions >> about the interface. Also needs to remember to indicate a separate >> licence for the cover image - it needs to be CC-By-SA, with the Inkscape >> icon in it. >> - one to three web designers who can take a closer look into the >> Booktype CSS options, find out what is possible, and make an Inkscape-y >> design for the html version of the book, and perhaps also style the pdf. >> I think epub doesn't have too many styling options available (but I may >> be wrong). >> - 2 or 3 quality assurance people, who can check for consistency of >> terms used, html tags used for specific concepts (e.g. keyboard >> shortcut, menu entry, position of tool icons, ...) etc. throughout the >> book. >> - one or two persons who team up to make consistent screenshots with >> default icon set and English interface (if possible, on Windows, as most >> users will be on that platform). One could make the example svgs (or ask >> Elisa for them) and the other could make the screenshots and upload them. >> - one or two persons who move the pictures around when they are in, so >> they are all in their appropriate position in relation to the text. >> >> I think we do have enough native speakers now who can fix strange >> wording :) >> Feel free to cut off the parts that don't appear useful in an article. >> Much of this was meant as an explanation for you. >> >> As for later work, what do you think about this? >> We can add a 'Getting unstuck' section, perhaps, with hints on what to >> do when one gets a result one does not expect - which can cover the >> whole range from 'look into status line' to frequent issues to 'ask in >> forums' to 'post a bug report'. >> I think you would be the one who is best suited to compile a list of >> frequent noob issues with solutions that could be addressed here. If you >> would like to do that, you can take your time, I know you've got a lot >> of other tasks to address at the moment. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Maren >> >> >> Am 04.06.2017 um 13:17 schrieb brynn: >>> Hi Friends, >>> As I'm writing up a quick draft to announce the upcoming >>> hackfest, I suddenly wondered if it might be a good idea to write a >>> short item about the recent new work on the new manual? >>> >>> I could do that, after I finish the hackfest article. I'm >>> thinking Maren might be able to get all the details correct, the first >>> time around? Although I don't mean to volunteer her. As I said, I could >>> do it myself, if we decide to do it. >>> >>> I think it would help in community-building, to keep the wider >>> community up to date about these things. 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