Re: The docs for gnumeric 1.2

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 11:03:51PM -0700, Adrian Custer wrote:
> I've started editing the docs for the upcoming release. Please talk to
> me before undertaking major edits. Also anyone planning to work on
> translations, please let me know what your feelings were about the
> version 1.0 manual. I gather the number of screenshots with text in them
> was a pain.
>
> For those who are interested, I'm going to be changing the structure
> around to try to make the docs clearer to someone looking at them for
> the first time. I want to consolidate the sprawl that we currently have.
> I'm aiming for something like:
>
> Intro:
> ------
> 1 Intro to gnumeric     --- Jody's welcome page + new stuff
> 2 Intro to the manual   --- how to get around the doc
> 3 Getting Started       --- mini tutorial
> 4 The parts of gnumeric --- names and purpose of GUI elements
>
> Core:
> ----
> 5 Data and forumlas      --- cells entry/edit(select/copy..)/refs/format
> 6 Manipulation           --- sort/filtering
> 7 Constraints
> 8 Locking
>
> Tools:
> -----
> 8 Solver
> 9 Statistical Tools  (rename from "Data Analysis") 
>
> General:
> -------
> 10 Files                 --- saving/autosave/importing
> 11 Printing
> 12 Graphing
> 13 Configuration
> 14 Plugins
>
> Reference:
> ---------
> A. Functions

Its time to get cracking on the docs folks.  There is alot of new
stuff to get through.  This seems like a good starting point.  
With the new 1.2 target date set for March there is alot to do.