[Sc-devel] main help; the finishing touches for 3.1?

[Click Nilson]

Hi Iannis,

Dan Stowell is the main architect of the sourceforge site, and I  
believe he can give you write access; I'm sure we'd be happy if you  
wanted to get involved there. In general, a certain amount of work  
might need to be done to make sure information presented in the SC  
download, sourceforge page and the venerable swiki match up.

best,
Nick




On 4 Nov 2007, at 14:24, Iannis Zannos wrote:

> Hello Nick,
>
> Nice suggestions, and I think the responses you got also make sense.
> Your thoughts triggered a related idea though:
> Since the sourceforge main page at
> http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/
> is now pretty fully fledged website for SuperCollider, why not
> introduce an FAQ section - or if you prefer a section called:
> "General Information"
> "About SuperCollider"
> "Introduction"
> right at the top of the main menu of the site to the left.
> I believe such a section is pretty direly needed to enlighten people
> about such things about:
> "Is SC useful to me as a non-programming musician - and if so, then
> how to best go about it"
> "On which platforms does it run"
> "Where to look for more details about running SC on platform X" (Mac
> OS X / Windows / Linux)
>
> OK the "which platforms" question is answered by the Downloads menu,
> but still I think the SuperCollider website misses a more welcoming
> general introduction session, where all the essential info orienting
> new users could be found collected.
>
> Iannis Z.
>
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> On 10/29/07, Nick Collins <nikolaicollinsky at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Scott and I have had a chat on the side about the main help for SC,
>> especially with regards to the first information new users of the
>> system get. We've had some ideas over a reformatting of the Main Help
>> page to make it friendly and a better starting point both for new and
>> advanced users.
>>
>> Because Scott is rather busy with a new baby, I'm going straight to
>> the list here; he'll jump in when he has time. I guess we only have
>> two days to sort this help situation pre 3.1 release.
>>
>> I attach a draft (incomplete) giving some ideas. Scott is keen on
>> table formatting for the main list of links. I also show a sublist,
>> but this would only work at the moment as links to additional help
>> files, since within file linking doesn't work. Anyway at the top of
>> the page, and from the suggested ordering of help file topics, you
>> get the idea of what we're suggesting.
>>
>> Comments and corrections? We're also suggesting platform specific
>> READMEs (Windows can wait until a PsyCollider update?) OS X is
>> straight forward to do, Marije or someone else, can you do one for
>> Linux?
>>
>> Any comments and help on help appreciated! One last push at tidying
>> up and improving accessibility...
>>
>> best,
>> Nick
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