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The Inkscape Booksprint is finished!!
by unknown＠example.com 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

The Inkscape Booksprint is over!! We've worked hard (especially the last couple of days) to get a usable manual, and we believe that we've accomplished that. You can see it online at discuss@...25... Of course, you'll see that the current table of contents has a large number of incomplete chapters. Our goal was to get the most basic chapters finished and usable, so all the Introduction and Tools chapters are fairly complete and in good form. Some are actually excellent. There are other chapters as well which are finished, such as chapters on text, styling objects, etc. You will see that there is some inconsistency in writing and visual style also. This booksprint was a great opportunity to work some of these problems out, so content written earlier and quickly does not strictly follow guidelines that we established, but these things will be worked out as we continue adding content. The exciting thing is that now we have a functional manual repository that will aid in keeping various languages' manuals in sync and that is really very simple to use, so that anyone can help to add new content and keep existing content updated! The French manual is currently lagging (translations will be following, this time, in an amazing reversal, from English to French) and current French content will continue being updated and converted to English as we go. Again, if anyone is interested in helping, please contact the manual maintainers on the inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net mailing list to find out what needs most to be done. (Some of us will be sort of taking a break for a while, though, since we're tired from lots of hard work :) Thanks to all who helped support and will continue to support the manual effort!! Thanks especially go to Adam Hyde and FLOSS Manuals for making the booksprint a possibility and a reality. Adam has been a huge help, giving direction, taking suggestions and implementing new features on-the-fly! Thanks a ton, Adam! Joshua Facemyer and the Inkscape Manual Booksprint team

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Fwd: Re: content on booksprint
by Elisa-yemanja 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

-- Elisa

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content on booksprint
by Elisa-yemanja 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Hello all, I think it's time to speak about our futur work to made on booksprint. It's better arrived and know a little about what exactly we will do. We know, it's for write an english manual of user for Inkscape. If we can write a french manual, too, it's an side effect positiv, but it's not more my goal. After, i can translate it. Fist of all, i thought we have already a TOC. But with my little experience of author, i think this TOC, (very good also) isn't perfect. Floss Manual advice : * only use one Heading One (h1) for the chapter, at the top of the page (and other : * bold technical terms when first used * explain every step, and include clear screen shots for every step * explain all jargon 'inline' * make no references to chapters before or after ) Google need : 40 chapters One H1 for chapter => other organisation of the TOC. Actually our official TOC have Part, H1, H2, H3.... Furthemore i have see, with the same content, the organization change for each goal. What it make for me a little confusion is : The main goal is write a paper book or an online manual ? For me the way to write change a little... Less details on online manual. Short strings and not attention to construct a linear read. Clic in internet is the king. Etc. Print manual : organization of the chapter one after one ; why not creat quick box (like "Be carful", or "HotKeys most used" etc ; I don't know why, but paper editor love them. Maye it was for a good things. Etc. Paper book or online manual, we can organize the same TOC, the same of the kind of organization about our chapter. Here my proposal of a TOC. Be careful it was not "in order" (french expression). It's a Twiki, so we don't care if we don't do chapter in order. * = chapter * Interface and vocabulary * Rectangle tool * Circle tool * Star tool * 3Dbox tol * Pen tool * Bezier tool * Calligraphic tool * Layers * Trace bitmap * Menu Path * LPE * Text tool * Gris, Guides, Snapping * Ikscape and Wikimedia * SVG * Color and Style * Pattern * Tile Clone * Spiral tool * Node tool * Selector tool * Gradient tool * Filters * Eraser tool * Exportation * Importation * Save * Community * Align and Distribute * Personnaliser son Inkscape * XML * Propriétés du document * Effects - color * Effects - rendu * Effects - Modifier le chemin * Effects - Image Raster * Effects - Visualisation du chemin * Effets - Générer chemin * Effects - Générer modèle * Effects - Images * Print Proposition of organization for each chapter : * Chapter example of one tool Introduction (why to use, purpose of this functionnality) How to use Hotkeys Tips Other example : * Color and Style Introduction Stroke Fill How to use Markers Creat his own markers Hotkeys Tips etc. I have already think in each organization of each chapter. But this mail is very long. I can develop more after yours comments. -- Elisa

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] introducing Brianna
by Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Brianna, Great to finally meet you! I think we need to make sure at least one license is GPL in keeping with the software itself. I don't think there's any problem with dual licensing - at least personally - or even triple, if need be. What does FLOSS Manuals require/recommend, Adam? Although I'm not entirely familliar with GFDL (I'll read up on it), it should be fine. More later. JF PS - I'm sending this to the list too, since I think it's an important discussion to have there. Brianna Laugher wrote: > BTW, a question: what license is intended to be used for the material > created during the book sprint? > > Text at Wikimedia Commons, and almost all of the Wikimedia projects, > is GFDL. If the booksprint content was licensed (or dual licensed) > under this license, it would allow it to be easily incorporated and > integrated into Commons help texts and such. If the content was > solely licensed under GFDL, it would allow FLOSS Manuals to integrate > back any useful text from Commons et al. > > Just a thought. > > cheers, > Brianna > >

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-devel] Announcing an Inkscape Manual Booksprint
by Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

It would be most excellent to have your help! I don't know if there are any interested Spanish manual translators ATM. Basically, once we have some finalized text to work with, you'd be free to translate them. We have yet to begin the actual work, but we will probably do some preliminary writing before the booksprint. I wonder if Adam (who is on this list) might give a brief description, if he has a moment, of how the current translation site works, and what we might see in the near future for translation tools? I have yet to look at them in depth and would not want to give an explanation that is incorrect or, at best, lacking important info. Anyway, best thing for now is to monitor the list and participate in the discussions. If you're interested in coming in person, we'd love to have you! JF Ocetalo wrote: > I'd really like to activerly participate in translation and style > proofreading into Spanish. How to? > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art > <faceman@...1... <mailto:faceman@...1...>> wrote: > > A short time ago, those of us who had been actively discussing the > manual on the inkscape-docs list agreed that FLOSS Manuals > (http://flossmanuals.net <http://flossmanuals.net/>) was our best > option > for keeping an official manual up-to-date while encouraging > non-technical users to contribute. It has a simple interface, is > readily > available (it is a web application), and there exist translation tools > which are being actively developed to provide a usable translation > interface. There are many other benefits to using FLOSS Manuals > (FM) as > well: we would have the ability to organize different setups of > manuals > / how-tos by arranging existing content into new "manuals"; to > generate > manuals in different distributable formats (export as pdf, html, and > even print online with lulu.com <http://lulu.com>, et cetera). > These powerful capabilities > create an exciting possibility to build and maintain a dynamic manual > with minimal effort. > > Recently, FM has received a small grant from Google to host a "book > sprint". Adam Hyde of FM has personally invited some of the > members from > the inkscape-docs list to join him for the book sprint in order to > flesh > out a basic, up-to-date manual using the FM tools. (If you have > not seen > how this works yet, you can go to the website and check it out. Since > our manual has only some test material in it, you cannot yet view > it as > a manual, but if you set up user account, you can view it in the edit > mode.) > > While FM has certain guidelines which the book sprint must follow and > goals to accomplish, we will be discussing on inkscape-docs the > particulars which we want the book sprint to produce in order to > make it > most productive for both FM and Inkscape. Adam will be active in this > discussion, and help guide it so that it proceeds toward both FLOSS > Manual goals and Inkscape Docs goals. Anyone who would like to > participate in this discussion is welcome and encouraged to do so. > > Also, anyone is welcome and encouraged to take part in the actual book > sprint itself, which will be taking place from July 5^th through the > 12^th in Paris. Participants are welcome either in person, if you are > able, or else by internet. (Details will follow on inkscape-docs > as they > are worked out.) > > The committed participants thus far are: > > Adam Hyde (from FLOSS Manuals) > Brianna Laugher from Wikimedia (http://brianna.modernthings.org > <http://brianna.modernthings.org/>) > CÃ©dric Gemy (pygmee) > Elisa de Castro Guerra (yemanja) > Alexandre Prokoudine > and I (Joshua Facemyer) > > We are all looking forward to spending some time getting to know each > other better, seeing Paris (those of us who don't live there ;) and, > most importantly, putting together an Inkscape Manual for the > betterment > of the Inkscape community! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > > > > -- > Favor no cambiar el ASUNTO > Please don't change SUBJECT

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] Announcing an Inkscape Manual Booksprint
by Mr. Shawn H. Corey 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 15:41 -0500, Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art wrote: > If you click on "write" at the top of the FM page, you'll see it in the > middle of the list of manuals. It's not on the front page because it is > not complete, so it hasn't been made public yet. > > The two that are there are mostly test spots so we can learn how to use > it. So feel free to play around with it and learn the interface. > > JF > > Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 15:04 -0500, Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art > > wrote: > > > >> A short time ago, those of us who had been actively discussing the > >> manual on the inkscape-docs list agreed that FLOSS Manuals > >> (http://flossmanuals.net <http://flossmanuals.net/>) was our best option > >> for keeping an official manual up-to-date while encouraging > >> non-technical users to contribute. > >> > > > > Ah, but do you have a link to the Inkscape manual? Does it exist? > > > > > > > But it's exact HTTP address is? -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn http://www.magma.ca/~shawnhcorey/ Shangri La: 40,000 KM --> The map is not the territory, the dossier is not the person, the model is not reality.

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Announcing an Inkscape Manual Booksprint
by Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

A short time ago, those of us who had been actively discussing the manual on the inkscape-docs list agreed that FLOSS Manuals (http://flossmanuals.net <http://flossmanuals.net/>) was our best option for keeping an official manual up-to-date while encouraging non-technical users to contribute. It has a simple interface, is readily available (it is a web application), and there exist translation tools which are being actively developed to provide a usable translation interface. There are many other benefits to using FLOSS Manuals (FM) as well: we would have the ability to organize different setups of manuals / how-tos by arranging existing content into new “manuals”; to generate manuals in different distributable formats (export as pdf, html, and even print online with lulu.com, et cetera). These powerful capabilities create an exciting possibility to build and maintain a dynamic manual with minimal effort. Recently, FM has received a small grant from Google to host a “book sprint”. Adam Hyde of FM has personally invited some of the members from the inkscape-docs list to join him for the book sprint in order to flesh out a basic, up-to-date manual using the FM tools. (If you have not seen how this works yet, you can go to the website and check it out. Since our manual has only some test material in it, you cannot yet view it as a manual, but if you set up user account, you can view it in the edit mode.) While FM has certain guidelines which the book sprint must follow and goals to accomplish, we will be discussing on inkscape-docs the particulars which we want the book sprint to produce in order to make it most productive for both FM and Inkscape. Adam will be active in this discussion, and help guide it so that it proceeds toward both FLOSS Manual goals and Inkscape Docs goals. Anyone who would like to participate in this discussion is welcome and encouraged to do so. Also, anyone is welcome and encouraged to take part in the actual book sprint itself, which will be taking place from July 5^th through the 12^th in Paris. Participants are welcome either in person, if you are able, or else by internet. (Details will follow on inkscape-docs as they are worked out.) The committed participants thus far are: Adam Hyde (from FLOSS Manuals) Brianna Laugher from Wikimedia (http://brianna.modernthings.org <http://brianna.modernthings.org/>) Cédric Gemy (pygmee) Elisa de Castro Guerra (yemanja) Alexandre Prokoudine and I (Joshua Facemyer) We are all looking forward to spending some time getting to know each other better, seeing Paris (those of us who don't live there ;) and, most importantly, putting together an Inkscape Manual for the betterment of the Inkscape community!

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svg filters
by Alexandre Prokoudine 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hi, Felipe started a series of tutorials on SVG filters. http://fedev.blogspot.com/2008/04/filter-effects-blend.html http://fedev.blogspot.com/2008/04/filter-effects-color-matrix.html BTW, which of contents is the final one? Alexandre

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German online documentation - interpolation
by Helmut Hauser 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hello, I have noted that the documentation part (HTML) about interpolation in German is not entirely translated. see: http://www.inkscape.org/doc/interpolate/tutorial-interpolate.de.html I would like to help. Where can I start to do so? thanks for this awesome piece of software. cheers, Helmut __________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail. Der Mailbox mit unbegrenztem Speicher. http://de.overview.mail.yahoo.com

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docs source file format
by Alexandre Prokoudine 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

Hi people, A week ago I was in Zagreb on Open Translation Tools 2007 conference. One of the guys there wa Adam Hyde who created http://flossmanuals.net/. This is a website based on twiki which is multilingual by design. You can create/edit content, translate content etc. It outputs PDF, HTML and zipped HTML, maybe even more. Do we want to invest time into figuring out how it might fit our workflow? Alexandre

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