Nova
Is that a Caanoo in your pocket or are you just ha
Peter R said:
Same, haha. It's the NLU/FLU but the BLU one may be the same, I have no idea
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So What About A Manual Pdf?
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Same, haha. It's the NLU/FLU but the BLU one may be the same, I have no idea
mali
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You should get in touch with Jeff, then:Scott Rusoff said:
http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/50958-what-to-put-in-online-manual/
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gruso
thunderbox
Nothing stopping anyone from starting. 
http://pandorawiki.org/User_manual
http://pandorawiki.org/User_manual
I'm doing a Quick Start Guide, yes, that helps you with the basic usage.
No sense in making a printed OS guide, as it will probably change monthly with updates and additions
Therefore, a Wiki or an online PDF would be great
I don't really have the time at all for doing more than a quick start guide, but I'll be willing to review and help out anybody who wants to write a manual
I know the system quite well
No sense in making a printed OS guide, as it will probably change monthly with updates and additions
Therefore, a Wiki or an online PDF would be great
I don't really have the time at all for doing more than a quick start guide, but I'll be willing to review and help out anybody who wants to write a manual
I know the system quite well
borgqueenx
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I'l try to make something nice with openofficeEvilDragon said:I'm doing a Quick Start Guide, yes, that helps you with the basic usage.
No sense in making a printed OS guide, as it will probably change monthly with updates and additions
Therefore, a Wiki or an online PDF would be great
I don't really have the time at all for doing more than a quick start guide, but I'll be willing to review and help out anybody who wants to write a manual
I know the system quite well
I already have some nice ideas. But i could use your help with what text a manual MUST contain for regulations. Like the pre-cautions about the battery and stuff like that.
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skeezix
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I've not actually started anything myself, my head is stuck in the firmware .. so take my thread and pick up the bullet points for things to fill in It is actually much more work to do a good manual than anyone thinks -- writing a crappy one is a bit of work, but writing a decent one is work.. but writing a good friendly one that covers all the bases, is actually a huge job. You can never underestimate the questions people will have -- but thankfully, at least for the first batches, its mostly people around here who should only need some of the basics and then can come here for the rest
Feel free to send questions to me for filling in .. ie: how pnds work and all that, from a user perspective, and you can stick that in any doc you write up
I really think we should at least have an online basic guide with suggestions on charging and such .. helps with folks comfort zone after laying out the big money, and not everyone is an expert (nor should be); but we also as Craig notes don't need to spill the OS internals or like on anyone .. the minutia is mostly pretty obvious.
For my part .. put pnd files in /pandora/menu or /pandora/desktop (or /pandora/apps for desktop + pmenu) and uh, you're done Oh, and you can just browse around your filesystems and run pnd files by double tapping them if you want to organize them yourself. And use the bottomleft Start-like menu. There, you're covered Now jus tneed pmenu screenshot and a screnie of the Desktop and you've got half your meat
I'd suggest putting it in a group workspace (be it wiki or whatever), or at least coordinating.. it would be a shame for 3 people to start working on something and step on each others toes
jeff
It is actually much more work to do a good manual than anyone thinks -- writing a crappy one is a bit of work, but writing a decent one is work.. but writing a good friendly one that covers all the bases, is actually a huge job. You can never underestimate the questions people will have -- but thankfully, at least for the first batches, its mostly people around here who should only need some of the basics and then can come here for the rest Feel free to send questions to me for filling in .. ie: how pnds work and all that, from a user perspective, and you can stick that in any doc you write up
I really think we should at least have an online basic guide with suggestions on charging and such .. helps with folks comfort zone after laying out the big money, and not everyone is an expert (nor should be); but we also as Craig notes don't need to spill the OS internals or like on anyone .. the minutia is mostly pretty obvious.
For my part .. put pnd files in /pandora/menu or /pandora/desktop (or /pandora/apps for desktop + pmenu) and uh, you're done
Oh, and you can just browse around your filesystems and run pnd files by double tapping them if you want to organize them yourself. And use the bottomleft Start-like menu. There, you're covered Now jus tneed pmenu screenshot and a screnie of the Desktop and you've got half your meat I'd suggest putting it in a group workspace (be it wiki or whatever), or at least coordinating.. it would be a shame for 3 people to start working on something and step on each others toes
jeff
Tensuke
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I've started on http://pandorawiki.org/User_manual!
skeezix
Internal Development
The exclamation is not part of the url; you need a space .. the url as is is buggered
jeff
jeff
borgqueenx
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Cool, im also using a bit copy and pasting of your work. after all, its open source. I just had some visitors here and im working on the manual right now.Tensuke said:I've started on http://pandorawiki.org/User_manual!
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dflemstr
It's a ball.
Why not use the wiki first to "finish" the manual, and THEN we can use e.g. LyX to generate a *nice* PDF out of it.borgqueenx said:Cool, im also using a bit copy and pasting of your work. after all, its open source. I just had some visitors here and im working on the manual right now.Tensuke said:I've started on http://pandorawiki.org/User_manual!
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Tensuke
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Because that would be smart. :rolleyes:dflemstr said:Why not use the wiki first to "finish" the manual, and THEN we can use e.g. LyX to generate a *nice* PDF out of it.borgqueenx said:Cool, im also using a bit copy and pasting of your work. after all, its open source. I just had some visitors here and im working on the manual right now.Tensuke said:I've started on http://pandorawiki.org/User_manual!
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borgqueenx
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Good idea, lol.Tensuke said:Because that would be smart. :rolleyes:dflemstr said:Why not use the wiki first to "finish" the manual, and THEN we can use e.g. LyX to generate a *nice* PDF out of it.borgqueenx said:Cool, im also using a bit copy and pasting of your work. after all, its open source. I just had some visitors here and im working on the manual right now.Tensuke said:I've started on http://pandorawiki.org/User_manual!
Anyways i saw this post when i wanted to post the file. So here is some WIP:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zmzztytwnzt
Copy and paste it into the wiki
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dflemstr
It's a ball.
Wow, you created a table of contents, *manually*? You must be insane!borgqueenx said:Good idea, lol.
Anyways i saw this post when i wanted to post the file. So here is some WIP:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zmzztytwnzt
Copy and paste it into the wiki
Anyways, I'll copy over the safety information with some minor changes; that stuff just *has* to be included
...and I don't think images are necessary, so we can skip those methinks.
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Eternalodyssey
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Manuals make great beer coasters. I would love to have a Pandora branded beer coaster!
borgqueenx
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shall we make the manual some more proffesional? Some humour included on that wiki page...That'l be good for a future page, but lets be serious in the manual shall we?
fischju2000
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No images? The first thing, after warnings, that every console manual has is a greyscale picture of the product and arrows or numbers to all buttons and such
dflemstr
It's a ball.
Everything I've written has been serious... just sayin'borgqueenx said:
I'm currently creating a script that will take the wiki and make a PDF out of it with the help of LyX. "fi" to "fi" ligature converters are important, y'know!
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WikiGnome tendencies... activated.Tensuke said:I've started on http://pandorawiki.org/User_manual!
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Sphinxter
Says What?
Looking good.
