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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fixed.

2014-09-08 1:47 GMT+02:00 Ralph Stirling <Ralph.Stirling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> A little fix for someone with website privileges to make:
>
> On the page about installing Kicad on Linux (http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/DEV/Building+KiCad+on+Linux),
> the line for pulling the libraries from launchpad is incorrect, and results in an error:
>
>     bzr checkout lp:~kicad-lib-committers/kicad/library kicad-library.bzr
>
> It should be replaced with the line:
>
>     bzr checkout lp:~kicad-product-committers/kicad/library kicad-library.bzr
>
> I suspect this little error has annoyed many people besides me.  I found the correct
> line to use from the kicad_install.sh script.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Ralph
> ________________________________________
> From: Kicad-developers [kicad-developers-bounces+ralph.stirling=wallawalla.edu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Aaron Pelly [apelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 5:04 PM
> To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad-pcb.org
>
> On 03/09/14 04:28, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> On 8/31/2014 6:49 PM, Aaron Pelly wrote:
>>> On 01/09/14 02:08, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
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>>>> On 08/31/2014 12:13 AM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>> Is there anyone on the list with web page skills?
>>>> Sounds like a good opportunity to ask people on the users mailing list
>>>> too. KiCad would not suffer from a few extra contributors.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Orson
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I've been lurking in here for a few months, with nothing of value to
>>> contribute. Perhaps I can lend a hand here? I'm no expert, but I'm
>>> capable, and more than happy to spend some hours working on whatever you
>>> think is appropriate. English is my first language and I'm reasonably
>>> articulate.
>>>
>>> Perhaps Wayne could suggest something small for me to have a crack at;
>>> then you can judge by the result? I'm following the conversation either
>>> way.
>>>
>>> Aaron.
>>>
>> Hi Aaron,
>>
>> It looks like Marco might be the guy to head up converting our user
>> documentation to a new format.  If you are interested, helping out with
>> the user documentation is one of the places where KiCad as lagged.  The
>> project would appreciate any help you can give.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
> Hi Wayne, Marco,
>
> I was specifically thinking about the website, but sure; I'm happy to
> make any contribution I'm capable of. I don't think I'm experienced
> enough to contribute on my own, but I'm happy to accept guidance.
>
> For instance, if you have web content you've drafted, or even
> bullet-pointed, I'm happy to flesh it out/format it/post it/whatever.
>
> Regarding the documentation; I've only referred to it briefly, but I do
> like docco online. It's easy to search, have multiple tabs open, have
> multiple versions etc. I'm thinking of the Apache and PHP docco when I
> say this. I've always got a browser window open, one click away, so I'm
> damned if I'm going to piss about finding the doc directory for yet
> another application. Well, that's my attitude sometimes anyway.
>
> There were comments about GIMP's good documentation and markup earlier.
> Again, I've never read it, but always found what I wanted online.
>
> It's possible that my behaviour is learned from using applications with
> poor documentation, or poor access. PDFs fall into the poor access
> category. Maybe I've just never used a good reader?
>
> These are idle, broad, comments. I have not been around enough to have
> any strong opinion about KiCad. I will say that, on first impression,
> the KiCad docco does seem extremely broad and complete.
>
> Anyway, Marco, perhaps you can suggest some stuff I could make a start on?
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron.
>
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