[Bf-docboard] Blender Reference

[Pep Ribal]

The kid is not the problem; actually it may be the solution: at the
pace the work is going, he will be the one to finish it :DDD

The real problem is the many undocumented bits and pieces. Every step
ahead is a bit of a headache, and it's difficult to get support. The
hard work ahead, the writing, etc. is not a problem. What is really
exhausting is to try to find out how everyting works: some buttons are
not implemented; others have buggy behaviour; others are difficult to
see how it goes... And if you take into consideration that I just have
very basic 3D knowledge, it turns out that it's, at least, a huge task
ahead.

However, as John Blain says (thanks, John!), at the end of the day, I
can just keep going, even if I know that I will pass it unfinished to
my son one day, as my legacy, in a moving scene in my death bed ;)

Anyway, if anytime anyone feels inclined to give some support, please
contact me. Besides, of course, if anyone wants to use any part of
this work, just go for it.

Regards!

Pep.

2012/4/26, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com>:
> 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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