On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, bulia byak wrote:
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:10:27 +0000 From: bulia byak <archiver_1@...19...> To: bryce@...1..., vellum@...68... Cc: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Snap Control
Technically, while it's in the user manual, the user manual is in French, and the English translation is very incomplete. Also note that the manual was written for Sodipodi rather than Inkscape, so does not yet address the new user interface, etc.
I think it would be easier just to start over using Wiki. Whenever anyone has got a good idea (not necessarily 100% complete or even correct) of how some command, tool, dialog etc works, just take a couple minutes to visit Wiki and share your knowledge (on a page under User Documentation Scratchpad). Or when you have nothing better to do, edit and unify other's notes, add screenshots, etc.
The major downside of Wiki is exporting the content (say for example to something like HTML or Docbook) and shipping documentation with the software. Wiki is fine for FAQ and also useful for starting documentation. When the documentation has progressed substantially if you are willing to then gather the content from Wiki and move it and reformat it for use in a more convential HTML/Docbook way and make sure it gets shipped with Inkscape then it should work out well but the extra step could be time consuming.
Just trying to explain my reservations about Wiki without too much prejudice. Hopefully that made sense.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/