[openbeos] Re: HaikuPedia / One hour challenge

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:43:38 +0200 CEST

"Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "John '[Beta]' Drinkwater" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  ...
> > CCed to glasselevator; wondering if Haiku needs/requires
> > a help system - BeOS seems to do well without one.
> BeOS has the User's Guide (and the BeBook).
> 
> Haiku can't distributed these, and especially the 
> BeBook is a lot of work producing from scratch.

I don't think we can release anything without having a replacement for 
the user's guide - a short FAQ as proposed is definitely not a good 
replacement for it.

> There's also BeTips.net, which may not live forever,
> so taking a backup, asking permission and reworking
> the contents might be a good idea.

Sounds like a good idea, although many tips are outdated or do not 
apply to Haiku.

Bye,
   Axel.


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