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ralfrobert
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Post by ralfrobert »

All,

I would like to volunteer for the manual. ScummVM is a great project, and it needs a book to enter the wonderful world of "ancient" games.

There are some things I can offer to the community. However, there are also some I cannot.

What I can offer:

(1) I am an excellent writer.

(2) My company offers great layout using open source tools.

(3) I am keen on writing this manual.

What I cannot do:

(1) Graphics. In Germany we say I have got 2 left hands. I have, however, excellent staff in Leipzig who can do that.

(2) Discipline. I need somebody to kick my ass. Read the next paragraph and anwwer, if you want (to ralf.hoeppel@invitement.com).

Does anybody feel like forming a documentation team for ScummVM? I would like to be part of this team.

Regards .. and hope anyone answers.

Ralf
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Post by eriktorbjorn »

Collector wrote:http://wiki.scummvm.org/
Specifically, http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/TODO# ... .2F_Manual. It suggests contacting Fingolfin (who will probably be happy to finally find someone volunteering for this) or the scummvm-devel mailing list if you want to help out with the manual.
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Post by criezy »

I am not sure what the status of the docbook manual in SVN is, but I would guess it is obsolete considering it has not been modified in the past 18 months. My understanding is that the effort to write a user manual has been moved to the wiki, in which case the TODO should probably be updated.

There is a in progress manual in the wiki (http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/User_Manual) although there were not a lot of updates recently :oops: But that would help to have more people working on it. If you are motivated to do so, you can indeed contact Fingolfin (or Sev) or send a mail to the scummvm-devel mailing list.
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Re: The Manual

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ralfrobert wrote:Does anybody feel like forming a documentation team for ScummVM? I would like to be part of this team.

Regards .. and hope anyone answers.
This is a really good thing! In fact, lack of user manual is the thing which prevents us from announcing ScummVM 1.0.

Lets continue this discussion in scummvm-devel mailing list.


Eugene
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