Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Manual

[Miguel Rodríguez Pérez <migrax terra es>]

El lun, 17 de 02 de 2003 a las 22:18, Damien Sandras escribió:
> Le lun 17/02/2003 à 22:00, Miguel Rodríguez Pérez a écrit :
> 
> > <migras> Matthias: a) add an introductory section about VoIP (at a very basic level, of course)
> 
> Agreed, I'll do it. What is GM? :)
> 
> > <migras> Matthias: b) I forgot :(
> > <migras> Matthias: c) ask people in the gnome-doc project (or whatever is called) for technical help
> > <Matthias> cat $output[migras] > /dev/gm-devel-ml ;)
> > <Matthias> migras: For technical help?
> > <migras> Matthias: b) a section about firewalls, of course!!
> 
> Not sure about this. I think that it is a configuration-related thing
> and that this kind of thing should be part of the FAQ and not of the
> user manual.
> 
An appendix is the right place for this. But I think it's very
important... What use does have a manual that doesn't answer the most
difficult problem for using the software?

> /me is going to bed, a friend of mine just left -> no IRC
/me still needs to know the names of the places he visited ;)
> 
> > <migras> Matthias: yeah, how to translate it, what tools to use, etc...
> > <Matthias> migras: there is no need to ask, there are some documentations about that ;)
> > <migras> Matthias: that's offline asking ;)[1]
> > 
> > Ok, so that it is... Hope you do a great manual.
> > 
> > 
> > [1] It seems this is really already taked into account, according to
> > http://www.seconix.com/wiki/index.php/BasicGuidlines
> > 
> > 
> > El lun, 17 de 02 de 2003 a las 20:39, Matthias Redlich escribió:
> > > Hi damien,
> > > 
> > > > 1) Shoudl the manual explain to the user how to call other users in
> > > > various cases (ILS, gatekeeper, no ILS and no Gatekeeper, ...) ?
> > > 
> > > I think so, yes. Actually this is one of the most important things our
> > > manual should contain, otherwise we would leave GnomeMeeting's main
> > > function out.
> > > 
> > > > 2) Should the manual describe point by point each of the GM windows?
> > > 
> > > Though it is a lot of work I think this is necessary for a complete
> > > manual. We should describe what people see and what it is intended for.
> > > 
> > > > 3) Should the manual describe easy and self-explanatory options like
> > > > "Show splash screen" -> If enabled, ..., if disabled, ...
> > > 
> > > The documentation is written for new users. I do not think that
> > > adavanced users need it or that they will find any new/useful
> > > information in it. Although this is a lot of work, I would _thus_
> > > include these (normally) self-explaining parts,too (if I could choose I
> > > left them out... really ;). 
> > > 
> > > Please define for which group the manual is intended for.
> > > 
> > > OT: Who wanted/wants to contribute the manual?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Matthias
> > > 
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