Re: [DIGImend-devel] Wiki editing

[Viktoria S. <vik...@fr...>]

On 04/06/12 21:27, Nikolai Kondrashov wrote:
>
> 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. 
Well, it can be a good idea yes. It will be easier for the users to find informations, and I guess it will be easier to maintain it too. I suggest to do the following pages then:
Tablet setup in Gimp
Tablet setup in MyPaint
Tablet setup in Krita
Tablet setup in Alchemy
Tablet setup in Blender
Tablet setup in Wine
(I am not quite sure about this topic yet. I guess it should be created, because there are some people who are running windows applications under wine and they want to use their tablet there as well. But there is a bug in wine.... I tried to run Gimp 2.8 windows version and my tablet is not recognised at all, but I guess I should file a bug first which I hasn't done yet.)
Tablets and QT
(I guess this topic should be created because of the QT bug. Do you have better idea for the title?)
I think there is no need for creating a page for Pencil then, unless users demand it.
(Once we agreed on the topics I can reorganize the content than :))

>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.

I guess let's drop this category stuff then. My main idea was that if a program uses a toolkit and the tablet works then probably it is going to work in other applications using the same toolkit too. And if a toolkit does not support the tablet then none of the applications will work with the tablet (see QT).

> 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.

OK. And maybe I can extend some parts of the articles with links to documentations and tutorials etc. if there is some related stuff out there....
>
> 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.

OK, thanks. But I guess that should be done after the content has been reorganized.

>
> 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?

Yes, sure. I do my best.

Best wishes:
Viktoria