revDocWiki

[Timothy Miller]

Hi Russ,

I hope you read the whole thread. The topic might have spread into 
threads with different subject lines. The topic got kicked around for 
a few weeks and hasn't been mentioned since. I don't know why. Seems 
like a good idea to me. Some subscribers were enthusiastic about it.

At least one revDocWiki has been attempted before. It didn't work 
out, for various reasons I don't know much about. I can't remember 
the name of the guy who previously attempted it. He either subscribes 
to this list, or people who know him subscribe.

I said on the old thread that the ideal revDocWiki would begin with 
the existing Rev docs, which would then be improved, edited, 
expanded, scripting examples added, and maybe links to mini-stacks 
that demonstrating various features and topics in more depth, and so 
on. It seemed to me that there would have to be some responsible 
editorial control over the Wiki, even if the editors were volunteers 
authorized by Rev, or authorized by some kind of panel of Rev gurus, 
or something.

Cheers,


Tim

>I'm fairly new to Revolution. I recently purchased Dreamcard and 
>while there are things that I really like about it, there have been 
>several issues with it that took way too much time for me to either 
>figure out work arounds on my own or search through the archives of 
>this list for solutions.
>
>I've found searching the list archives to be helpful, but time 
>consuming to actually read through different threads until one 
>person understood the question the other person was asking or 
>experienced the same malfunction. I started wondering if anyone had 
>a wiki where users could post helpful how-to's and sanity saving 
>work arounds. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, I searched the list 
>archives and found this thread. It seems like others are interested 
>in doing the same thing but that nothing has yet materialized. (I 
>did find this 
>http://revolution.lexicall.org/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=SoftwareRevolution, 
>but felt that it wasn't quite what I was looking for.)
>
>So, I've set up a wiki at http://revdocwiki.wikispaces.org/ . I've 
>posted the 3 work arounds for the issues that have caused me the 
>most frustration up until now. Wikispaces.org is new to me, so I 
>can't vouch for them as a reliable space to host this information, 
>however, I figure it's worth trying it out.
>
>If anyone else is interested, please take a look and maybe post some 
>information there as well.
>
>===========================
>Russ Martin
>abecedarian at mac.com
>russell_martin at yahoo.com
>
>
>We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make 
>us love one another. -- Henry David Thoreau
>
>
>On Jul 25, 2005, at 5:43 PM, Timothy Miller wrote:
>
>>Someone asked earlier today, in re the hypothetical wiki that might 
>>be used to improve and expand the rev documentation: "What is Rev 
>>willing to kick in?" or something along those lines.
>>
>>An obvious first step would be for Rev to convert its current 
>>onboard docs into a format suitable for a wiki, and allow the 
>>wikiMaster use of those docs, without charge. Rev could retain the 
>>copyright, if it wanted to -- if they are copyrighted.
>>
>>Rev might want to abstain from any more obligations to the wiki, 
>>until the Rev people see how it's working out. Heck, the wikiMaster 
>>or wikiGroup might be able to charge Rev for the improved version 
>>of its own docs. However, it seems more civilized for Rev and the 
>>wikiMasters to reach some kind of agreement beforehand. That's more 
>>civilized than hostageware.
>>
>>Of course, this is all hypothetical, at best, really more like 
>>highly speculative.
>>
>>What would *I* be willing to do? Well, at least I can write. If a 
>>property, chunk, object, command, etc., might benefit from a 
>>verbose alternative to the usual terse dictionary entry, I would be 
>>willing to write verbose explanations of some items I understand 
>>well, and submit them to the wiki.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>
>>Tim
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