[Bf-docboard] Blender Reference

[Knapp]

You have new kid, abandon it. Even if you dont you will. I think you
should add what you have found to the manual and concider it a job
well done!

On 4/26/12, Pep Ribal <pepribal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I started my own Blender Reference on January. Some of you warned me
> about how hard it would be to get it done, but I just didn't listen.
> So I started. And it was going well. However, I'm at a point that I
> feel overwhelmed. What I tried to do was to fill the many many
> undocumented features (big and small), so I started trying things,
> pushing buttons, etc. and I really could document a few undocumented
> things.
>
> However, I'm beginning to feel exhausted. Yeah, you were right: it's
> too much for a single man. So I'm presenting you the work done so far
> (3-months work on spare time, as I've been a few weeks off now, due to
> the birth of my child).
>
> I'd like the community to judge it a work worth continuing, or
> something to scrap. I, personally, would love to have it go on, and
> have people help me out. Or perhaps, some of you will tell me to
> abandon it, and join the user manual documenters, which I could also
> go for.
>
> My working method has been so far:
> 1. Test every button in every panel.
> 2. If it is documented, use it to learn the tool.
> 3. If it is not, trial and error until I find out how it works.
> 4. Bug reporting (poor developers hate me already, I assume ;).
> 5. Document it.
>
> I've covered a very tiny portion of Blender, which makes me feel
> overwhelmed.
>
> In summary, I don't feel like continuing this work alone, so either
> find someone to help me out, or perhaps it's time for me to abandon
> and board another ship.
>
> This is the link to my work so far:
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Pepribal/Ref
>
> Regards,
>
> Pep.
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