Re: [DIGImend-devel] Wiki editing

[Nikolai K. <sp...@gm...>]

Hi Viktoria,

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Viktoria S. <vik...@fr...> wrote:
> I have finished two pages about how to set up tablets:
> SourceForge.net: Tablet setup in GTK based applications (Gimp, MyPaint) - digimend
> https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/digimend/index.php?title=Tablet_setup_in_GTK_based_applications_(Gimp,_MyPaint)
>
> SourceForge.net: Tablet setup in GTKMM based applications (Inkscape, Synfig Studio) - digimend
> https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/digimend/index.php?title=Tablet_setup_in_GTKMM_based_applications_(Inkscape,_Synfig_Studio)
>
> It would be great if you could review it and give me some feed back.

They're looking good, thank you! I have already learned a few things
reading just these two pages.
It's good to have someone on the team who actually uses a tablet and
these applications :)

Here are some comments:

1. So far I see little sense in putting application instructions
together based on their toolkit - there is little similarity in the
configuration instructions.

What if we put every application on a separate page? This way, I
think, each article will be more focused and the users won't be
confusing instructions from different applications. We can then have a
category for application HOWTOs, have an introduction on its page and
link to it from the main page. We can additionally have toolkit
categories, if needed.

The category pages would look like this one (with more introductory
text, maybe): https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/digimend/index.php?title=Category:Tablets

If you don't like this design, we could have a dedicated page instead,
but the list of articles will need manual updating in this case.

2. I think each page should have a note saying where to ask questions
not covered by the HOWTO and where to send corrections. The
DIGImend-users maillist is a good place for this, IMHO. Or, maybe
better still, each article should start with an introduction
explaining which application and which versions it covers, pointing to
the maillist for questions and corrections and maybe stating the
author.

3. There are some small English mistakes and minor style issues. If
you don't mind, I can fix them in place. I'll try to group the changes
so that it is easier for you to review. Maybe Dave would be able to go
through and further improve them after my fixes.

4. I would also like you to be the maintainer of these HOWTOs and keep
an eye on them, updating and correcting them as necessary. Can you do
that?

> I create the rest of the pages:
> Qt apllications (Krita, Pencil)
> JPen applications (Alchemy)
> X based applications (Blender, Wine (?))
> later.

It would be awesome if we had all of these :)

Thanks! I would have never had time to do it all myself.

Sincerely,
Nick