Re: [gnome-love] Things that make you go "What in the world is That?!?"

[Ed Mack <lists edmack com>]

> Awesome, thanks for taking the time to answer all my questions.  I know
> I threw a lot at you.

Heh, any more info just slug it this way. I'm your Guinee Pig :)

> That makes sense.  I have a brief blurb about it and a link to a very
> good guide for beginners with this tool on this page of my tutorial:
>
> http://www.gnome.org/~newren/tutorials/developing-with-gnome/html/ch01s03.html
>
> I have a little note to myself in the tutorial about writing some
> example Makefiles for others to use, and couple them with my simple
> examples.

The info there is perfectly suited to my types, and I think I'll read
more of the link about make later. Thanks. Having a simple makefile that
works with your source is another great idea, and will nicely round it
off.

> making extreme portability possible, unfortunately the tools are still
> (in my opinion) ridiculously complex...
> explain how to use them, they just give a high level overview of what
> the different tools and files are used for.  I'd appreciate any ...
> I have a little rant about this autotool stuff, and a few other things,
> in this section of my tutorial:
> http://www.gnome.org/~newren/tutorials/developing-with-gnome/html/ch01.html#dontlearn

Thumbs up for that section too. It provides just the right information
needed, and isn't terse either :)

I'm one of many who realised through error that packing is not a fun
activity. This sort of info is a must-have.

> Before you do that, could you take a look at..

I plan to read the whole thing in Summer hacking time :) Once exams are
over, my life gives way to slob-dom heh

In general, it's a great tutorial, with all the appropriate beginner
information in the right place. I think you should pursue having that as
the very first chapter of DevHelp/appropriate. It annoys me a bit the
way the Gnome development information seems to be spread across
different domains ect.. If developer.gnome.org had this sort of thing,
plus all documentation in a clear consistent way it would be a boon to
new developers.

Anything to help,

Ed Mack