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Re: Integrating help topics/tutorials on ldraw.org
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Fri, 16 Jul 1999 07:45:55 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney writes:
> At 09:56 AM 7/15/99 , Bart Titulaer wrote:
> > oke, as I mentioned earlier, I want to contribute to the reference part of
> > the
> > lugnet-organisation and I do have some time in the next months.
>
> Great!
>
> > I think all
> > manuals should be organized under references, with links from the
> > corresponding sites. I think the OMR section for example should provide the
> > reader with the general information about the OMR and were he/she can find
> > the
> > reference.
>
> So you're saying have the OMR link to an OMR instruction page within
> /reference/?
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> For the OMR only I was thinking have the pages under OMR in something like
> /repository/official/instructions/ so when someone goes to look at the page
> they stay under the OMR submenus on the pages. Since the OMR is an actual
> part of the site and accessible online, it makes sense to me to put the
> pages there. Since LDraw and LEdit are programs you run separately from
> this site, it would make more sense to have related references under the
> reference section.
You are right here, I argumented from my way of playing with these cad-tools.
I don't have an internet connection at home, I start always from the ldao, and
i treat ldraw and ledit mainly as parts of ldao. But especially ldraw has more
possibilities and ldao is (i guess) only available for windows based pc's. So
that's not general enough. Especially for users not connected to the internet
a downloadable reference should (I think) be provided too.
> > I read that the standard ldraw.txt and ledit.txt had to be renewed. What
> > about
> > Bram Lambrechts great tutorial, I saw that's already in HTML, can it be used
> > and if it can't what is expected from a new tutorial?
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> Bram and I are working on a condensed version of the Tutorial for the
> reference section to provide useful information while avoiding redundancies
> with the rest of the ldraw.org site. The original tutorial will remain
> online, of course.
>
> I was referring to manuals for the programs, similar but more extensive
> than their release notes provided by James. They differ from tutorials,
> manuals provide information on features and functions while a tutorial
> walks you through using those features and functions. We are in need of
> more extensive LDraw and LEdit manuals.
The difference is clear. I can make a start of the manuals, just in simple
html. I expect to have some text and figures in the coming week, than we can
discuss the format/lay-out.
>
> > I can make a start with the parts-creation tutorial, but feel a bit new to
> > this area. I've never used the bmp2dat utility for example. Can we use the
> > text of (e.g.) the help-file of bezgen? Can the primitives-reference be used?
>
> I would clear it up with the creator of Bezgen before going ahead and using
> his text. As well as the primitives reference. I think instructions for
> primitives should be included in the tutorial.
I see the parts-creation-tutorial as a future third project, ledit/ldraw
manuals are my first priority.
p.s. as you probably already have mentioned my english is not the Harvard
classic one, so i think i'll be in need of an native english/american
corrector in the future. On the contrary, the Dutch translation is rather easy.
> -Tim <><
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