Re: [as-devel] AfterStep User's Guide

Albert Dorofeev (albert@tigr.net)
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:54:06 +0200


On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 10:06:17PM -0400, Steven Baker wrote:
> I'm kinda out of the coding loop...  And since I wanted a large
> project to focus some efforts developing DocBook skills, I decided to
> start the AfterStep User's Guide, since we don't yet have one.

Great idea. The thing was missing for far too long...

> Introduction
>   Overview			Overview of what AfterStep is, and what
> 				it does.
>   History			The evolution of AfterStep.
>   Features			Features available in AfterStep.
>   Philosophy			The philosophy of AfterStep, modules,
> 				etc.
> 
> Getting Started
>   Installation
>     Source			How to compile and install AfterStep.
>     Binary			How to download and install AfterStep.
>   Starting AfterStep		QaD on starting AS for the first time.
>   Introduction to the UI	Simple introduction on how to interact
> 				with the DEFAULT look and feel.
> 
> Configuration			How to configure AfterStep.  This will
> 				probably be the largest section of the
> 				User's Guide.

    General		How the configuration works,
    			where the files are located,
			overall configuration - base.XXbpp,
			what parts of the screen/behaviour
			are affected by which config file
			and module.

    Start Menu				Configuring the Start Menu

>   Look				Configuring the look of AfterStep
>   Feel				Configuring the feel of AfterStep
>   Wharf				} There will be a section for each
>   Pager				} module that is included in the default
>    ...				} distribution of AfterStep.
> 
> ...

 Interaction			Interaction of AfterStep with
 				applications/libraries, dependencies
				of AS and on AS.
 
 Glossary			Glossary of terms used to describe
 				various AfterStep modules, elements
				and actions.


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