Comments on: Dynamic Documentation! http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/ Fresh Blender News, Every Day Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jasper http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500860 Jasper Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:00:06 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500860 thatÅ› nice thatÅ› nice

]]> By: Dread Knight http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500853 Dread Knight Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:33:28 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500853 Sweet! Commercial applications such as Zbrush etc have nice guides included + displayed on start up, which are a very nice touch. Sweet! Commercial applications such as Zbrush etc have nice guides included + displayed on start up, which are a very nice touch.

]]> By: comeinandburn http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500826 comeinandburn Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:41:44 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500826 Campbell Barton (ideasman42) Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:11 pm "Hey Bart, Mindrones and Myself worked on this (me on the blender side, him on the web side)" Thanks Guys! Campbell Barton (ideasman42) Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:11 pm

“Hey Bart, Mindrones and Myself worked on this (me on the blender side, him on the web side)”

Thanks Guys!

]]> By: m.ardito http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500819 m.ardito Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:31:41 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500819 @wolfram +1, totally agree. i'll be glad to help for the pdf part, if you're speaking of me :) in the past the online wiki was a bit messed and also the 300+ links collection > pdf was difficult. now it should be better (user mindrones helped out putting a decent and tag in the html code to more easily catch just the content): when i have a simple workflow i'll post instruction on how to build those pdfs. i'ts just a bunch of PHP lines and a bit of post processing done with htmldoc. I am pretty sure it could be easily automated (on the wiki server for speed reasons) to have a "daily pdf wiki manual". or maybe on graphicall? :)) just my 2c Marco @wolfram
+1, totally agree. i’ll be glad to help for the pdf part, if you’re speaking of me :)

in the past the online wiki was a bit messed and also the 300+ links collection > pdf was difficult.
now it should be better (user mindrones helped out putting a decent and tag in the html code to more easily catch just the content): when i have a simple workflow i’ll post instruction on how to build those pdfs.
i’ts just a bunch of PHP lines and a bit of post processing done with htmldoc. I am pretty sure it could be easily automated (on the wiki server for speed reasons) to have a “daily pdf wiki manual”. or maybe on graphicall? :))

just my 2c
Marco

]]> By: aws357 http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500818 aws357 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:20:53 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500818 The next step would be to have the help in other languages than english... Because I have no problem with english, but I know a number of professionals who only speak one language... (yup, they are pro, but not internationally known pro) The next step would be to have the help in other languages than english…

Because I have no problem with english, but I know a number of professionals who only speak one language… (yup, they are pro, but not internationally known pro)

]]> By: wolfram http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500813 wolfram Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:28:11 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500813 As one of the early adopters/supporters of Blender I still like to keep a printed book in my hands with an (thouroghly done) index in the back and a lot of (coloured) pix sprinkled throughout :) ... Something like the "Official Blender 2.3" of No Starch Press (who was missing somewhat on the two topics just mentioned), but with an .pdf version cross-searchable by computer delivered on disk. I'm ready to shell out 50 bucks (euros)in advance by subscription for such a project and I think the Blender foundation should give it a try - perhaps as a Wikibook under the Creative Commons licence. The book would appear also in local bookstores and could be shown to friends to make them gasp what's nowadays possible with Blender. And the upcoming Version 2.5 would be a good reason to tackle such a project, perhaps with Carsten Wartmann and Stefano Selleri as Editors and Marco heling out with the .pdf part. As one of the early adopters/supporters of Blender I still like to keep a printed book in my hands with an (thouroghly done) index in the back and a lot of (coloured) pix sprinkled throughout :) …
Something like the “Official Blender 2.3″ of No Starch Press (who was missing somewhat on the two topics just mentioned), but with an .pdf version cross-searchable by computer delivered on disk.

I’m ready to shell out 50 bucks (euros)in advance by subscription for such a project and I think the Blender foundation should give it a try – perhaps as a Wikibook under the Creative Commons licence.

The book would appear also in local bookstores and could be shown to friends to make them gasp what’s nowadays possible with Blender.

And the upcoming Version 2.5 would be a good reason to tackle such a project, perhaps with Carsten Wartmann and Stefano Selleri as Editors and Marco heling out with the .pdf part.

]]> By: Reaction http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500810 Reaction Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:53:36 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500810 I think it would be worthwhile for the Blender coders to look at the music sequencing program FL Studio 9 (http://flstudio.image-line.com/index.html). It's available as a fully working (save disabled) demo download. That program has a little window at the top left of the screen, just below the menu bar, that is *always* showing you a description of whatever control the mouse is hovering over, and even gives you the current value of a control (for control knobs, sliders, etc.). If that could be incorporated into Blender as a new 'Help window', new users could keep a thin help window somewhere on their screen layout, giving them an instant one line description of every control in sight! I think it would be worthwhile for the Blender coders to look at the music sequencing program FL Studio 9 (http://flstudio.image-line.com/index.html). It’s available as a fully working (save disabled) demo download. That program has a little window at the top left of the screen, just below the menu bar, that is *always* showing you a description of whatever control the mouse is hovering over, and even gives you the current value of a control (for control knobs, sliders, etc.).

If that could be incorporated into Blender as a new ‘Help window’, new users could keep a thin help window somewhere on their screen layout, giving them an instant one line description of every control in sight!

]]> By: ralmon http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500809 ralmon Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:50:13 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500809 Not sure about this. Have to see it I guess. I also think it depends on value and clarity of the information it has to offer, otherwise it would be of little or no use. Makes me think of those opaque and misspelled manuals that sometimes comes with the appliances. Not sure about this. Have to see it I guess. I also think it depends on value and clarity of the information it has to offer, otherwise it would be of little or no use. Makes me think of those opaque and misspelled manuals that sometimes comes with the appliances.

]]> By: m.ardito http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500808 m.ardito Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:49:06 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500808 @MeshWeaver ...button? there is a link on the left: use this directly: http://www.archive.org/download/BlenderPdfWikiManualUnofficial20090902/bm_20090902.pdf (posting at 9:40 from italy (GMT +1.00) :)) @MeshWeaver
…button? there is a link on the left:
use this directly:
http://www.archive.org/download/BlenderPdfWikiManualUnofficial20090902/bm_20090902.pdf

(posting at 9:40 from italy (GMT +1.00) :))

]]> By: JF http://www.blendernation.com/2009/10/29/dynamic-documentation/#comment-500802 JF Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:15:11 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=10317#comment-500802 I've been waiting for this.....This would steepen the learning curve...Hurray!! I’ve been waiting for this…..This would steepen the learning curve…Hurray!!

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