[scilab-Users] scilab documentation

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Hello,

We have a wiki:
http://wiki.scilab.org/
However, writing a full documentation in the wiki is an hard task.
Especially since we have to manage the synchronisation (modifications
can be done in the docbook files in our source tree and on the wiki).

Anyway, if you are interested in helping, I invite you to subscribe to
dev at lists.scilab.org for further discussions.

Sylvestre

Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 15:46 -0500, Process Control a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> sorry, i am new to group lists. and i am using google which puts the
> reply on top.
> 
> i agree with you. what about starting a wiki that is similar/identical
> to the structure of mathwork's online documentation. and let all users
> contribute.
> 
> regards
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Sylvestre Ledru
> <sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org> wrote:
>         Yes, you are right. We had some excellent discussions with
>         Equalis
>         people and various contributors about this subject. It is why
>         we worked
>         harder during the last few weeks on this and we will hopefully
>         release a
>         new web interface for the documentation.
>         
>         However, I'd like to point out that we have limited ressources
>         and we
>         would really appreciate some help in the documentation pages.
>         Just a quick bug report (or email to me directly if people are
>         shy)
>         saying "here is a better description for this function", "here
>         is the
>         LaTeX equation for this function, could you include it into
>         the
>         documentation" or "here is an example for this function" is
>         very helpful
>         and usually fast for the contributor to produce.
>         
>         Sylvestre
>         PS: please keep the same kind of reply when you answer (ie,
>         top to down
>         or down to top but please avoid mixing them).
>         
>         Le lundi 08 novembre 2010 à 05:35 -0500, Process Control a
>         écrit :
>         
>         > thanks for replying. scilab is an alternative to matlab. we
>         need to
>         > show that. i think it is a great idea to go through most of
>         matlab's
>         > online documentation, page by page, and rework everything
>         using scilab
>         > code. one of the major reasons why scilab is not popular is
>         lack of
>         > quality documentation. many people complain about this when
>         they give
>         > scilab a try.
>         >
>         > regards
>         >
>         > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Sylvestre Ledru
>         > <sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org> wrote:
>         >         Hello,
>         >         Le samedi 23 octobre 2010 à 16:44 -0400, Process
>         Control a
>         >         écrit :
>         >         > Has anyone proposed to create matlab-like
>         documentation for
>         >         scilab?
>         >         > this can be done by transforming matlab's
>         documentation into
>         >         scilab by
>         >         > following same examples, contents, and writing
>         style.
>         >
>         >         Scilab and Matlab are different software. Scilab is
>         not a
>         >         Matlab clone
>         >         and you cannot just take Matlab documentation and
>         adapt it for
>         >         Scilab...
>         >         (or I didn't understand your proposal)
>         >
>         >         Sylvestre
>         >
>         >         --
>         >         -------------------------
>         >         Sylvestre Ledru
>         >         -------------------------
>         >         The Scilab Consortium
>         >         Digiteo
>         >         Domaine de Voluceau
>         >         Rocquencourt - B.P. 105
>         >         78153 Le Chesnay Cedex
>         >         France
>         >
>         >
>         
>         
>         --
>         
>         -------------------------
>         Sylvestre Ledru
>         -------------------------
>         The Scilab Consortium
>         Digiteo
>         Domaine de Voluceau
>         Rocquencourt - B.P. 105
>         78153 Le Chesnay Cedex
>         France
>         
>         
> 

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Sylvestre Ledru
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The Scilab Consortium
Digiteo
Domaine de Voluceau
Rocquencourt - B.P. 105
78153 Le Chesnay Cedex
France