[Bf-docboard] Comments on the refactored manual

[mindrones]

On 05/12/2010 12:58 PM, Raindrops From Sky wrote:
> Thanks for the tips!

yw :)


> As I understand, the generic description in the modified 2.4 manual
> would be reused for 2.5; and since the basic theory remains the same in
> 2.5, only the description about how the GUI/controls are to be used
> would need to be changed in the 2.5 manual.

yes


> If anyone copies a page from the 2.4 manual now and edits it to make a
> 2.5 version, it will mean two forks are being edited simultaneously
> (equivalent of a version-conflict in code). Merging such changes would
> be difficult . because this is not plain text. Ideally the 2.5 branch
> should be blocked till the 2.4 manual matures.

we preferred to let people just edit 2.5 and at due time we'll do a 
review session


> *@difference between "talk" and "discussion" pages:*
> I meant the difference between "talk" and "discussion" pages (as
> implemented here) is not clear to me. The blender wiki uses both types
> of pages: Some content pages have "talk" pages and other content pages
> have "discussion" pages. The link to the "talk page" is at the bottom of
> the content page, and the link to the "discussion page" is at the top of
> the content page. That's what made me think that these are different
> pages, meant for different purposes. The webmaster should make the
> wiki's structure consistent to remove this ambiguity.

ah I see what you mean, "tak page" was mentioned below the footer, I've 
changed to "discussion page"

anyways, "talk page" = "discussion page"


> *@searching the past posts:*
> I wanted to search the mail archives, but the archives at
> http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-docboard/ seem to be meant for
> plain browsing, and not for searching!

> How should I do basic/advanced search?

To search for 2.5 I put "2.5 
site:http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-docboard" in the google 
search bar :)


Regards,
Luca

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