Hi, i think we should put the html user manual on the task list for the hackfest in November in Wrozlaw. I could help with that there and then. I added a note to the Wrozlaw page.
http://www.qgis.org/wiki/4._QGIS_Hackfest_in_Wroclaw_2010 We can discuss the ideas and improvements now and add them to the ManualTasks (I started a new section): http://www.qgis.org/wiki/ManualTasks Regards, Otto Am Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:37:23 +0200 schrieb MORREALE Jean Roc <jr.morre...@enoreth.net>: > Please don't hijack thread as it make harder to follow the discussion. > > Le 29/08/2010 16:56, Noli Sicad a écrit : > > I hope QGIS has html user manual aside from pdf manual. > > > > It offers quick and easy access to what you need rather than > > downloading the whole pdf which is quite big (e.g. 2 Mb) because of > > the screenshots and figures. If you are user in the developing > > countries or with a slow internet connection you don't want to > > download this pdf manuals if it is bigger than 1 Mb. > > An html version of the latex manual is on my ToDo-list but it isn't as > simple as I expected. A latex version without any figures can be > compiled easily if needed. > > > Html / website user manual promotes / offers visibility of the > > project as well for example uDig has friendly manuals. Aside from it, > > it is harder to read pdf manual when the manual has more than 10 > > pages. > > The embedded pdf bookmarks are a killer feature, that and being able to > drop a pdf on a usb key with the certitude that my technicians will be > able to open it. > > > Probably we should consider Wiki Book /Wiki for QGIS, so users can > > contribute as well. The QGIS plugins need documentation. > > I'm all for it, the easiness of the contribution would be a definite > and mediawiki (at least the one used by osgeo.org) allows to print a pdf. > > But I'll not be the one doing the port :p > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer