Re: [Gimp-web] Proposed gimp tutorial

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Pat,

The conversion to compatible HTML went much faster than I imagined.  It looks like getting everybody comfortable with the tutorial is going to be the longer part of the process.

I looked at the notes, if we need to make some changes we can, I would rather not make a lot of changes if they aren't really necessary though. Let me comment back about the notes, I am not sure what to do about them at this point.

  1. 'the term "macro" in the tutorial' - Where in the tutorial was it a problem, and what was the suggested alternative?  The term seemed pretty descriptive and non-proprietary, so I don't know where the problem lies.  Part of the wikipedia description of macro is - "Macros are used to make a sequence of computing instructions available to the programmer as a single program statement, making the programming task less tedious and less error-prone."  I am not stuck on using the term but would need to know what a better suggestion would be.
  2. 'have him look into the DIR-SEPARATOR constant' - Again I really don't know what problem we are try to fix, the suggestion isn't very specific. I would say that it is the usual case that you can write a more efficient program - 2nd version - using a 1st version as a working model. I would actually be kind of surprised if there weren't several places where reviewing the code and productizing it produced code that is better from an aesthetic and maintenance point of view. But, that is kind of missing the point:
    • This is an Automation Tutorial. The efficiency from being able to edit 20 images in the time that it takes to edit one by hand.
    • It is not a programming tutorial nor is a rolled out change to Gimp. As I pointed out in the text - I am not a programmer.  The gimp - python environment is not great for debugging and in the past it was not robust.  If the code is working I would not be inclined to mess with it.  You could waste a lot of time by trying to get too cute with 'enhancements'.
    • If there is a real desire to productize the automation tools, I would be happy to work on that effort, but I am not really that interested in beautifying working code for a tutorial.
  3. I think all of the Gimp Documentation should move to a Wiki.  The biggest hole in the documentation is topics not being covered and coverage that is out of date.  Lowering the threshold for people to contribute would be a great way to address this.  A Wiki seems like it would allow for a larger amount of participation than the current method of converting things to HTML by hand.
    • My concern about moving the tutorial to a Wiki site, is whether it would get buried in a corner of the internet that no one can find.  I certainly have no idea where this wiki is.  It would be a shame to do the work of writing a tutorial and then put it where no one sees it.
    • I think a Wiki format is great in that it can be kept current and follow the changes of Gimp.  As I said, I think all of the documentation should be ported to a Wiki.
Anyway, if there are some specific things that need to be fixed, let me know and we can address them.  I can be fairly flexible with changes, I just don't want to get into a loop - modifying code until someone like it.  That has no real / specific goal.

If there is a documenation Wiki, let me know where to look, I would like to see what is there so far.

Thanks for all of your help!

Stephen




On 2/20/2014 1:03 PM, Pat David wrote:
Stephen,

Just a couple of notes.  There are some concerns about the introduction of the term "macro" in the tutorial and the sense with which it's used.

Also, saul has asked me to relay to you: "have him look into the DIR-SEPARATOR constant. Using it would obviate about half of his code."

If you can take a look at DIR-SEPARATOR to see if perhaps it can help streamline things a bit, that would be great.  I'm also hoping others might be able to chime in with other suggestions as well.

There is a consideration of moving this to the wiki as opposed to wgo as well.



On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Pat David <patdavid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Stephen,

I've converted the tutorial to HTML to fit the website.  I've pushed it up along with the assets, and am now just waiting on someone to poke wgo for it to show up.  Keep an eye on the tutorials page.


On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Stephen Kiel <snick.kiel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Pat,
Thanks.  Let me know if there are any issues.
Stephen

On Feb 20, 2014 7:27 AM, "Pat David" <patdavid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Stephen!

You can just leave it as an ODT file.  I'll make the stylistic changes required to fit the website HTML.

Give me a little time and I'll make the conversion and get it up to test.

Thanks for the contribution!




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