[Bf-docboard] Do we need a Blender Manual?

[Knapp]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Jason van Gumster
<jason at handturkeystudios.com> wrote:
>
> Raindrops From Sky <raindrops.fromsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> In a very old thread, someone (Ton?) had talked about splitting the wiki
>> into Reference Manual (which only explains the controls- and nothing more),
>> and User Manual (which explains the theory and shows how to use Blender);
>> and a third "Tutorials" and/or "Video tutorials" section.
>>
>> All of them were supposed to be interlinked, as they are complimentary to
>> each another.
>>
>> That was a wonderful idea.
>>
>> I wonder if that concept is still valid?
>
> With the exception of the Tutorials section(s), I'd say yes. Tutorials are
> well-covered and maintained elsewhere all over the internet. The wiki really
> doesn't need to concern itself with them, IMHO.
>
>   -Jason

It is true that they are all over the web but the fundamentals are
never covered as well as they were in the old manual. I do agree that
we need the manual before the tuts though. Also cutting up into the 3
parts seems like a good idea to me.

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