[Bf-docboard] Proposal for restructuring the user manual

[Gaia]

Hi;

I would like to propose some small first steps for beginning the 
restructuring of the first 2 levels of the documentation hierarchy:

A bit of reasoning for why i propose this:
I guess that most people will first open the program, then open the 
documentation, and try to find their way. Since Blender uses the Editors 
all over the place, i think it is convenient to take care of this in the 
manual as well. So for example a user should not need to guess where 
he/she could possibly find something about the UV Image editor. But get 
this presented right away in the hierarchy. That's why i propose to add 
an "Editors" Section on the first documentation level.

  * Basics <http://www.blender.org/manual/basics/index.html>
      o Introduction <http://www.blender.org/manual/introduction/index.html>
      o Installation
        <http://www.blender.org/manual/installing_blender/index.html>
      o First Steps (a Walk through video
        <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COUWLINzj-s&index=1&list=PL7541C8D8005D6E53>)
      o Concepts
          + 3D Interaction
            <http://www.blender.org/manual/3d_interaction/index.html>
          + Interface <http://www.blender.org/manual/interface/index.html>

  * Editors
      o 3D View
      o Timeline
      o Graph Editor
      o Dope Sheet
      o NLA Editor
      o UV Image Editor
      o Video Sequence Editor
        <http://www.blender.org/manual/sequencer/index.html>
      o Movie Clip Editor
      o Text Editor
      o Node Editor
      o Logic Editor
      o Properties Editor
      o Outliner
      o User Preferences
        <http://www.blender.org/manual/preferences/index.html>
      o Info Window

  * Functional areas
      o Import/Export (taken away from the Data System section)
      o Modeling <http://www.blender.org/manual/modeling/index.html>
      o Materials <http://www.blender.org/manual/materials/index.html>
      o Textures <http://www.blender.org/manual/textures/index.html>
      o World <http://www.blender.org/manual/world/index.html>
      o Physics <http://www.blender.org/manual/physics/index.html>
      o Modifiers <http://www.blender.org/manual/modifiers/index.html>
      o Animation <http://www.blender.org/manual/animation/index.html>
          + Rigging <http://www.blender.org/manual/rigging/index.html>
      o 2D
          + Rendering <http://www.blender.org/manual/render/index.html>
          + Compositing
            <http://www.blender.org/manual/composite_nodes/index.html>
          + Motion Tracking
            <http://www.blender.org/manual/motion_tracking/index.html>
            (maybe this is NOT 2D)
          + Grease Pencil
            <http://www.blender.org/manual/grease_pencil/index.html>
      o Constraints <http://www.blender.org/manual/constraints/index.html>

  * Advanced
      o Data System <http://www.blender.org/manual/data_system/index.html>
      o Game Engine <http://www.blender.org/manual/game_engine/index.html>
      o Extending Blender
        <http://www.blender.org/manual/extensions/index.html>

  * Troubleshooting
    <http://www.blender.org/manual/troubleshooting/index.html>

  * Glossary <http://www.blender.org/manual/glossary/index.html>

It may be possible that the "Functional Areas" and the "Editors" are 
just 2 different views on the same topic.
Thanks for reading up to here :)
-gaia-
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