Re: documentation, was PhD Thesis in ConTeXt

From: Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: documentation, was PhD Thesis in ConTeXt
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:27:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200810232327.13674.alan.braslau@cea.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49008C23.2000803@elvenkind.com>

I like the manuals very much (!),
yet I have found that I must also turn
to the wiki, google, browsing the source code
or this mailing list to answer some of my questions.
I have now reached a point on the learning curve were
I really appreciate the careful design that has gone into
context, and would really like to see the manuals updated.
I did not contribute to this discussion to complain
and would be willing to participate (modestly, with the little
time available, as is the case for everyone!).

Taco has gotten to the point that someone must manage
the rewriting of the documentation, but other help is also needed.
Once I learn how to download and compile the complete sources,
I will then see where I feel that I might have enough knowledge
to do (a little) something...

Alan

On Thursday 23 October 2008 16:37:23 Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
> >> My question to the mailing list: is this task structured? Is this being
> >> managed by anyone?
> >
> > Unfortunately, not.
>
> Aditya's reply sums it up pretty well. I just want to add a quick note.
>
> After at least half a dozen reiterations of this discussion (and it
> is indeed always exactly the same discussion), I have now reached the
> point where I no longer feel the slightest need to take any action any
> more. From where I stand, it seems that the unhappy people just want
> to complain about, but are not willing to help improve the existing
> documentation, and that the happy people just want to post pointers
> but fail to see a real need to improve anything.
>
> I myself would be much more willing to spend time on (managing|writing)
> the manual if there were any people showing an active interest in it.
>
> Best wishes,
> Taco
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