Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Le 9 juin 05, à 15:47, Mark Leicester a écrit : ...Also, it occurred to me that perhaps we should delete pages out of the wiki once they become Daisy-ised. Otherwise we have two scratchpads. What do you think?.. Yes, it would be good to replace the wiki content by a link to the new page in th

RE: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Linden H van der (MI)
> Yes, I think we are writing more than a reference manual > here. Perhaps, > at the appropriate places we could also talk about unit testing and > other best practices. To me it ranges from "executive summary" to user's guide and tutorials to developer's guide and reference manual and everythi

RE: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Linden H van der (MI)
> That was exactly what I proposed. Our target should be a single > documentation source deprecating main docs and wiki. If we > add what is > the easiest now and leave main documentation aside the whole > effort will be incoherent. True, but let's do one step at a time. The wiki is easier to

Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Leszek Gawron
Linden H van der (MI) wrote: To aid document reorganisation I think we should encourage a fairly fine-grained modularity, i.e. single topic pages. Wouldn't it be a good start to do a "smart import" of current xdocs into new documentation structure? No offense, but "smart import" still me

RE: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Linden H van der (MI)
> >>To aid document reorganisation I think we should encourage a fairly > >>fine-grained modularity, i.e. single topic pages. > Wouldn't it be a good start to do a "smart import" of current > xdocs into > new documentation structure? No offense, but "smart import" still means going over each

Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Mark Leicester
Hi Helma, Fine. I've already thought about the length of the pages currently in the tutorial, but I'd rather get the stuff in first and refactor later. Mind you, I don't like pages that consist of a header and one paragraph. OK, I'll just add whatever I think is useful as a new page (editing

Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Leszek Gawron
Linden H van der (MI) wrote: Hi Mark, let's take it slow and use the dev list for discussions. Marking the subjects with [Docs] (as you've already done) gives the others the option to join or ignore as they see fit. If the volume increases the decision to use another mailing list can always be

RE: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Linden H van der (MI)
> OK, the dev list sounds just fine! What do you think about the > refactoring I'm suggesting? I can do it over the next few > hours if you > are agreeable. You are editor-in-chief, so I don't want to start > without your approval! :-) > Getting started with Cocoon > + Installing the prerequi

Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Sylvain Wallez
Steven Noels wrote: On 09 Jun 2005, at 15:26, Mark Leicester wrote: I don't really want to define a global structure a priori because I expect each documentation writer will have their own view of how documentation should be organised. And we now have a system which accommodates this. I wa

Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Steven Noels
On 09 Jun 2005, at 15:26, Mark Leicester wrote: I don't really want to define a global structure a priori because I expect each documentation writer will have their own view of how documentation should be organised. And we now have a system which accommodates this. I was planning to write an

Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Mark Leicester
On 9 Jun 2005, at 15:25, Sylvain Wallez wrote: Mark Leicester wrote: Getting started with Cocoon + Installing the prerequisites + Java + Getting the latest release of Cocoon + Downloading a Cocoon release + Getting Cocoon from the source repository + Installing and configuring your

Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Mark Leicester
Hi Helma, OK, the dev list sounds just fine! What do you think about the refactoring I'm suggesting? I can do it over the next few hours if you are agreeable. You are editor-in-chief, so I don't want to start without your approval! Also, it occurred to me that perhaps we should delete pages

Re: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Sylvain Wallez
Mark Leicester wrote: Hello, I don't really want to define a global structure a priori because I expect each documentation writer will have their own view of how documentation should be organised. However, we will periodically need to discuss and agree how to better organise what is already

RE: [Docs] A structure for "Getting Started"

2005-06-09 Thread Linden H van der (MI)
Hi Mark, let's take it slow and use the dev list for discussions. Marking the subjects with [Docs] (as you've already done) gives the others the option to join or ignore as they see fit. If the volume increases the decision to use another mailing list can always be taken. > To aid document reor