<p dir="ltr">Hey,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Do yourself a favor, and install Linux in a VM and work on the docs that way. Virtual box works great on windows and is free to use. I'd probably recommend Ubuntu or Debian, as they tend to just work and many people know them enough to help.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Trying to get Unix like tools and work environment setup in windows is never going to be a fun experience. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Dan</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 18, 2015 6:19 PM, "Wim Teuling" <<a href="mailto:wfteuling@yahoo.com">wfteuling@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>Stupid mistake on my part: I tried to use Python 3.4. It must be 2.7.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">I installed 2.7, and still no go: venv is not recognized as a command, make is not available, exceptions everywhere.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">...very tiresome.<br></div><div><span></span></div> <div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Sunday, January 18, 2015 2:53 PM, Wim Teuling <<a href="mailto:wfteuling@yahoo.com" target="_blank">wfteuling@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px"> <br><br> <div><div><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">Last week I decided to check the Blender docs, and I'd like to start helping out with the documentation. A year or two ago I fixed a number of mistakes and errors in the documentation in the old system.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I like the look and feel of the new approach. I also like how Sphinx can export to multiple formats.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Unfortunately, the steps for building the pages do not work for me: I set up a local repository, downloaded all the files, installed Python 3.4, and tried to run the requirements.txt as explained. (I am on Windows)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">That is where my trouble began: scripts not found, etc. I added a path to the Windows system vars, still no go. At some point I got it to install some components, but I was lost after that. I cannot get it to work properly. And I am a web developer, so I do know how to work with svn, github, programming, etc. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">After an hour of trial and error, and checking the Sphinx manual for clues, I gave up. I just do not have time for this. The setup documentation is severely lacking, which is ironic.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Really, I just want to write and edit, and help out with, the documentation, but this is taking too much time, and the barrier is set fairly high to be able to start writing! If I can't get it up and running within 20 minutes, how on earth are less experienced potential writers going to deal with this? </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I will uninstall everything, and try again next week, when I have time. Too bad, I could have been editing and writing today.<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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