Re: [gnome-love] Revitalising gnome-love ... some history

[chris <me blixtra org>]

I'm in the same position as Aaron.  Would love to start helping and am 
currently working my way through Mattias Warkus' Gnome 2.0 
book(German).  I could translate from German into English but don't know 
how much of a use that is.  I'm not scared of shit jobs while I'm 
learning the ropes.  What would be really helpful would be a list of 
programs that are ideal for seeing how it is all put together.  Not to 
difficult to grasp for us newbies.  Maybe a tutorial to go along with 
it.  Does this already exist and I haven"t found it?

Anyway, as mentioned before trying to get a grasp of all this is a 
little overwhelming and any assistance would be welcome.

Chris

PS: I only joined the list 2 days ago and I must confess I've yet to 
look at the archives.

Aaron Walker wrote:

> First of all, glad to help start up some activity ;)  I would love to 
> contribute to GNOME some how, but I have no clue where to start.  I 
> really would like to contribute some code, but I guess I will need to 
> teach myself GTK+, etc before I am knowledgeble enough to write 
> anything  useful.  I don't know that I really have any other special 
> skills.  I know a little C and that's about it as of now.  I guess for 
> now, I will be busy reading all the little tutorials and other docs 
> that are available on developer.gnome.org
>
> Aaron
>
>
> Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
>
> > [Warning: very long, possibly tedious.... If you already know the
> > history of this list, do not read. There is nothing that is both new and
> > correct in here.]
> >
> > I had a real feeling of deja-vu yesterday after Aaron Walker's post,
> > because I have been thinking a lot lately about whether this list is
> > really worth keeping. I had sort of convinced myself that is was, since
> > a quiet list causes no harm and can periodically be useful.
> > .......................................