Map Tool Documentation
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Map Tool Documentation
This is a place to discuss the documentation for map tool. Where is it, who is keeping it up to date, how it is implemented and so on.
Post your ideas on how we can best manage this resource.
Blakey (who is definitely not a member of the team but keen on solid documentation!)
Post your ideas on how we can best manage this resource.
Blakey (who is definitely not a member of the team but keen on solid documentation!)
The guy in the green hat.
- Matrissa the Enchantress
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Just point me in the right direction to find existing files, tell me what format to write in and I'll pick a topic and start tackling what I can.
We should probably set up a formal "editorial" team of about three or four people through whom all new and revised documentation should be vetted before release to the "public" - you know, confirming that instructions acurately reflect the reality of the application, that screen shots and illustrations are current and looking out for bad grammar and obvious spelling typos.
I'd assume that most anyone on the editorial team would also write and update documentation, so anything they work on has to be vetted by the other members.
~Matrissa~
We should probably set up a formal "editorial" team of about three or four people through whom all new and revised documentation should be vetted before release to the "public" - you know, confirming that instructions acurately reflect the reality of the application, that screen shots and illustrations are current and looking out for bad grammar and obvious spelling typos.
I'd assume that most anyone on the editorial team would also write and update documentation, so anything they work on has to be vetted by the other members.
~Matrissa~
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for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
- trevor
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Actually the documentation is just a wiki atm. And the team is just the people with edit rights. You are now a member
The first thing that would be useful is to update the 1.2 so we can better support 1.2 as I move it to formal release status. The docs are here:
http://rptools.net/doku.php?id=maptooldoc_1_2:intro
Just login with your forum information, then in the bottom left click Edit this Page
The first thing that would be useful is to update the 1.2 so we can better support 1.2 as I move it to formal release status. The docs are here:
http://rptools.net/doku.php?id=maptooldoc_1_2:intro
Just login with your forum information, then in the bottom left click Edit this Page
Dreaming of a 1.3 release
- Matrissa the Enchantress
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Thanks!trevor wrote:Actually the documentation is just a wiki atm. And the team is just the people with edit rights. You are now a member
Is a Wiki the way you want to continue to maintain documentation in the future? I'm asking because I just happen to own Adobe Acrobat Pro... Even if the wiki is maintained as the "most up to date" documentation, perhaps putting out a PDF version every so often would be worth consideration.
That's sort of what I was thinking too. There's stuff I don't know how to do yet, and this would give me a good reason to find out how (e.g., macros, chat "stuff" (like private messages and what not) and what the "speech" tab is for. I know these things are out there, but have no idea how to work with them.trevor wrote:The first thing that would be useful is to update the 1.2 so we can better support 1.2 as I move it to formal release status.
~M~
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I rewrote the Tokens Docs for 1.3, but it is still Wiki
Cweord
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I had a thought (amazing I know).
Does anyone think it would be a good idea to have a bug tracking system for documentation that keeps track of requests, requirements and problems? The reason I ask is that we really don't have this organized its more like 'This needs to be done' then someone says 'I'll do it' but sometimes it gets done and other times it doesn't.
This doesn't need to be anything formal, just a list somewhere containing the task and the person working on it.
Does anyone think it would be a good idea to have a bug tracking system for documentation that keeps track of requests, requirements and problems? The reason I ask is that we really don't have this organized its more like 'This needs to be done' then someone says 'I'll do it' but sometimes it gets done and other times it doesn't.
This doesn't need to be anything formal, just a list somewhere containing the task and the person working on it.
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I tried to incorporate a bug list in to the 1.3 token docs I did (I will update them again when the next section of work is done)
I know there is a list of who (if anyone) is working on what docs on the docs front page, but no details or errata notes.
I know there is a list of who (if anyone) is working on what docs on the docs front page, but no details or errata notes.
Cweord
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- trevor
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There is one:RPTroll wrote: Does anyone think it would be a good idea to have a bug tracking system for documentation that keeps track of requests, requirements and problems?
http://tracker.rptools.net
When people make suggestions in the forums, I put in a tracker with a link to the post. (that is, unless I plan to work on it that day/night)
Dreaming of a 1.3 release