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On 7/28/05, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Simon Chappell wrote:
> > On 7/27/05, Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >>The big problem with the Ant manual is the people who wrote it knew
> >>too much. I can see various ways to make it more intelligible to the
> >>first timer:
I'd be dangerous if I was clever. This was meant to go to the list,
not just to Jay. I may not be a newbie, but I can act like one
somedays. :-)
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Date: Jul 28, 2005 10:11 AM
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From: Simon Chappell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:47 AM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Improving the manual
On 7/27/05, Roedy Green &
Simon Chappell wrote:
On 7/27/05, Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The big problem with the Ant manual is the people who wrote it knew
too much. I can see various ways to make it more intelligible to the
first timer:
Well, I actually like the Ant manual just the way it is. I find it
ve
On 7/27/05, Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The big problem with the Ant manual is the people who wrote it knew
> too much. I can see various ways to make it more intelligible to the
> first timer:
Well, I actually like the Ant manual just the way it is. I find it
very useful and I get pr
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:18:14 -0700, Roedy Green wrote:
IMHO the right place to start this is the wiki, especially since everyone
can right now start to contribute, there are no obstacles. Whether the
content created there is then incorporated into the docs or not is not so
important, HAVING the
Good to hear some suggestions from another point of view :-)
>The big problem with the Ant manual is the people who wrote it
>knew too much. I can see various ways to make it more
>intelligible to the first timer:
Contributions are welcome, we love to increase the usability of Ant.
>1. def
I would be willing to help, since even being a somewhat-seasoned
(garlic anyone?) Ant developer, I STILL have problems reading the
manual and getting info on what I need it to DO, not what the parameters are!
At 11:18 AM 7/27/2005, you wrote:
The big problem with the Ant manual is the people wh
pics need to be explained.
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From: Roedy Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:18 PM
To: user@ant.apache.org
Subject: Improving the manual
The big problem with the Ant manual is the people who wrote it knew
too much. I can see various ways
The big problem with the Ant manual is the people who wrote it knew
too much. I can see various ways to make it more intelligible to the
first timer:
1. define a term like project or target the first time it is
used. Don't even presume people know what MAKE is. Ant should be
accessible to p
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