[Bf-docboard] rewording of part 1 intro

Luke Stodola bf-docboard@blender.org
Thu, 01 Apr 2004 15:00:07 -0500


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Here is the first of many patches to the Blender Manual in my attempt to
make it more understandable and flow better.  What is the best way to
send them?  As many attachments to one message?  One attachment per
message? right in the message?

Thanks.

Luke Stodola.

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Index: BlenderManual2en.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/docboard/BlenderManual2.32/BlenderManual2en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -w -r1.2 BlenderManual2en.xml
--- BlenderManual2en.xml	29 Mar 2004 16:18:31 -0000	1.2
+++ BlenderManual2en.xml	1 Apr 2004 19:53:00 -0000
@@ -178,19 +178,20 @@
 
     <partintro>
       <para>This first part of the Documentation will guide you through
-      Blender downloading, installing and, if you elect to download the
-      sources, building.</para>
+      downloading and installing Blender. It also covers building Blender from 
+      its source code, though most users will not need to do this.</para>
 
-      <para>Blender exhibits a very peculiar interface, higly optimized for 3D
-      graphics production. This might look hard to the new user, at the
-      beginning, but will prove its strength in the long run. You are higly
-      recommended to read the <xref linkend="chapter_interface" />carefully
-      both to get familiar with the interface and with the conventions used in
-      the Documentation.</para>
-
-      <para>The last chapter of this part, <xref linkend="chapter_quickstart" /> , will also
-      let you have a glimpse of Blender capabilities. Of course Blender can do
-      much more than that, but that is just a quick start.</para>
+      <para>Blender exhibits a very peculiar interface which is higly optimized for 3D
+      graphics production. This might look hard to the new user 
+      initially, but will prove its strength in the long run.  It is higly
+      recommended that you read the <xref linkend="chapter_interface" />carefully, 
+      both to get familiar with Blender's interface and with the conventions used in
+      the documentation.</para>
+
+      <para>The last chapter of this part, <xref linkend="chapter_quickstart" /> , 
+      gives you a glimpse of Blender capabilities. Of course, Blender can do
+      much more than that, but this quick start should be enough to get 
+      you started.</para>
     </partintro>
 
     &chapter_introduction;

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