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suggestion: make icon images available for use in documentation maps

Ken Hill
2017-01-01
2017-01-01
  • Ken Hill

    Ken Hill - 2017-01-01

    In FP documentation maps, I envision the need to include images that may not be on user's hard drives. Obviously, if we reference an image that only exists on our own hard drives, we will be the only ones to see them.

    However, images that are available online could be referenced in our maps so anyone who has an internet connection will be able to see them.

    Examples of images that would be useful throughout the documentation might be

    Enter key
    Insert key
    mouse
    mouse wheel
    FP icon
    etc

    Such images would be used a lot to explain FP features. Images might enhance the text. If we had a respository to such images it might save us from continually reinventing the wheel.

    Maybe even images of the menubar menus - geared to a clean installation (to avoid confusion of our own personalized shortcut key assignments).

     
    • maggv

      maggv - 2017-01-01

      These are images used in the current Tutorial mindmap.

       

      Last edit: maggv 2017-01-01
  • Ken Hill

    Ken Hill - 2017-01-01

    maggv,

    Thanks for the icons. But for users to see them on their machines, don't these have to be available either in the FP install or online?

     
  • maggv

    maggv - 2017-02-16

    There is a folder of images used in the tutorial. We will not use images related to mouse or keyboard action. But we will use images related to snapshots of part of the Freeplane window or for example snapshots of the preferences window to help out in the explanation of certain details.
    Currently there are a few subfolders in the image folder:
    doc
    ken
    key
    mouse
    other

    I would put all images under one folder. The doc folder is the one that has images related to the type we will use.
    Do you agree?

     
    • Dimitry Polivaev

      I do not see any sense in current folder structure. Moving images to other folders we need to consider also all other maps which could reference them and either delete all such maps or fix them too.

       
      • maggv

        maggv - 2017-02-18

        Referring to the english version of all four mindmaps, there are 5 total file images used. One image is repeated in Applications and Functions
        Tutorial - 4 images
        Documentation 0 images
        Applications 1 images
        Functions - 1 image

        These 5 images are referenced also in the Japanese and Dutch (Dutch has translated image) versions of Tutorial, Functions and Applications mindmaps.
        All other images (mouse and keyboard action) are used only for online mindmaps

        Since we are practically rebuilding the Tutorial mindmap, should put all new images directly under the "Images" folder? I can fix the referenced images for the Japanese and Dutch verision. and eliminate the subfolders.

         
        • Dimitry Polivaev

          Yes, feel free to improve the structure and the content.