Re: hello, and gnome tali (gtali) manual draft

[Trevor Curtis <trevor curtis home com>]

Sorry dude. Contrary to what the doctable says, Gtali *does* have a
manual. I know this because I converted it from a simple html doc to
docbook.

Send off an email to the maintainer if you wish to improve on it. I'm
sure he'll appreciate the help! :)

later,

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 04:45:38AM -0600, Jon Allen wrote:
> From: Jon Allen <jon jonallen org>
> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686)
> To: gnome-doc-list gnome org
> Subject: hello, and gnome tali (gtali) manual draft
> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 04:45:38 -0600
> 
> Hi there --
> 
> Here's a re-introduction to the gnome-doc-list.  I've been working
> mostly on Nautilus since I last introduced myself here, and I'm trying
> to contribute to the GDP in my (copious ;) spare time.
> 
> I noticed on the Tasks page that gnome-games are a high priority item. 
> I looked in the doctable and noticed that no-one is on GTali (Gnome
> Tali), so I drafted a manual for it.  Mind you, this is my first attempt
> at the glories of Docbook, and it's a very rough draft.  As of now, some
> of my tag selections are flaky and I'm not sure what to put in the
> Authors info yet.
> 
> I'll request a doctable username/pwd and put my info in the table for
> GTali.  All feedback is welcome and encouraged.
> 
> Regards,
> Jon
> 
> --
> Jon Allen
> jon jonallen org
> http://jonallen.org/
> 
>    ]> 2001 Jon Allen Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or
>    modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
>    License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free
>    Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts,
>    and no Back-Cover Texts. You may obtain a copy of the GNU Free
>    Documentation License from the Free Software Foundation by visiting
>    their Web site or by writing to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
>    Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. Many of the
>    names used by companies to distinguish their products and services are
>    claimed as trademarks. Where those names appear in any GNOME
>    documentation, and those trademarks are made aware to the members of
>    the GNOME Documentation Project, the names have been printed in caps
>    or initial caps. This is version 1.0 of the GNOME Tali manual. Gnome
>    Tali is a game similar to poker, but played with dice and without
>    money. During your turn, you roll five dice three times and try to
>    create the best "hand." Your two rerolls may include any or all of
>    your dice. The objective of the game is to create hands that match
>    scoring combinations similar to poker scoring (e.g. 3 of a kind,
>    Straight, etc.). Gnome Tali is very similar to the dice game Yahtzee,
>    which is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. To run Gnome Tali, select Games->
>    GTali from the Programs Menu, or type gtali on the command line. Gnome
>    Tali is included in the GNOME-Games package, which is part of the
>    GNOME desktop environment. This document describes version &version;
>    of Gnome Tali. When play starts, you see the results of your first
>    throw of the dice. Click on the dice you wish to roll again and they
>    will turn into pumpkins. When you have selected all the dice you wish
>    to reroll, press the "Roll!" button. When you have a hand you like or
>    have run out of chances to throw the dice, click on a row
>    corresponding to what you think is your best scoring combination. If
>    you select a scoring combination that does not correspond to your
>    hand, you will be scored accordingly. For example, if you get
>    "Yahtzee" -- 5 of a kind -- and click on the "Large Straight" scoring
>    row, you will receive a zero in your Large Straight scoring row. You
>    can only use each scoring combination once. Once you've entered a
>    score in a slot, you can't change the score later if you roll a better
>    hand. To change the game settings, select Settings-> Preferences... .
>    This opens the GTali Setup dialog. The properties in the GTali Setup
>    window are: Computer Opponents Delay Between Rolls Selecting this
>    option will make the computer opponents pause between rolls of the
>    dice so you can see what they are doing. This slows down game play
>    slightly. Show Thoughts During Turn Selecting this option will print
>    the computer opponents' thoughts to the console window. You can see
>    the computer opponent evaluate each score box and select dice to
>    reroll. Number of Opponents Select the number of computer opponents.
>    You are allowed a total of six human and computer players. If you
>    attempt to increase this number near the limit, the number of human
>    players will be decreased to maintain only six total players. Human
>    Players Number of Players Selects the number of human players. As
>    described above you are only allowed six total players. After you have
>    made all the changes you want, click the OK button to apply the
>    changes and close the GTali Setup dialog. To cancel the changes and
>    return to previous values, click the Cancel button. GNOME Tali was
>    written by GNOME-HACKER (hacker gnome org). To find more information
>    about MY-GNOME-APP, please visit the MY-GNOME-APP Web page. Please
>    send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug
>    tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be
>    found on-line.) You can also use Bug Report Tool (bug-buddy),
>    available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug
>    reports. This manual was written by Jon Allen (jon jonallen org).
>    Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the
>    GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to docs gnome org  You
>    can also add your comments online by using the GNOME Documentation
>    Status Table. This program is free software; you can redistribute it
>    and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
>    License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is
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>    WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
>    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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> 
> 
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Trevor Curtis
http://www.scs.carleton.ca/~tcurtis
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