Re: Programming beginners' documentation

[Peter Sommerfeld <peter@...>]

Am Sonntag, den 11.05.2008, 03:38 +0800 schrieb KHMan:
> Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> >> Does anyone have any suggestions for a beginner-friendly Lua install,
> >> something better than a command-line executable? Hmmm... any candidates?
> >[snip]
> 
> Unfortunately, I think a lower barrier may be needed. 

Agreed! I'm comming from the point & click and IDE world and
installation and the commandline is a real challange for me. :)

> BTW, I just tested the 32-bit Win32 installer. It does not install
> any menu shortcuts. There's no documentation, no text files, no
> shortcuts. Just the executables. It appears to be very far from a
> beginner-usable installation.

Did you test Bruce Dodson's version too?
http://gisdeveloper.tripod.com/scite.html
If I remember correct it was better than the official version.
Unfortuanatly I don't have a windows box available anymore to test it
myself.

IMHO the worst point of Scite is it's documentation...

Peter