Re: [MiNT] xaaes.txt

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 23:21 +0200, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> Am 09.08.2010, 22:53 Uhr, schrieb Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Miro Kropacek <miro.kropacek@gmail.com>  
> > wrote:
> >>> I'd like the wiki to be the master and have no documentation in the  
> >>> CVS.
> >> I totally agree. Maybe some config skeletons are essential to have in
> >> CVS as they are easier to get / use on Atari (no need to copy&paste
> >> from web).
> >>
> >> --
> >> MiKRO / Mystic Bytes
> >> http://mikro.atari.org
> >>
> > skeletons (Rob?)
> >
> > as long as there is a simple way to get the docs back out of wiki then
> > this will not be a problem
> >
> > unfortunately, right at this moment there is not, and the docs MUST be
> > made available offline
> >
> > a wiki-->udo and udo-->wiki tool would be ideal
> >
> > but this also does not change the fact that an overview needs to be
> > found within one click from the front page
> >
> > re: XaAES a person needs to know how and where to install it in 2
> > paragraphs or less (quick guide), how and where to add textures, and
> > short description of .cnf  (already in .cnf)
> 
> True. You cannot give the user 3MB of binaries with 200 files and no docs.  
> She will not even find the link to the wiki or whatever as long as this is  
> not on the very same website that the binary was downloaded from.
> 
> Unless there is a foolproof installer that does everything.
> 
> Imagine there may also be people without internet at all.

WoW, we're back in the 1980's without internet :-)

Alan.