| GEF documentation and examples is lacking - we need a GEF WIKI! [message #525453] |
Tue, 06 April 2010 11:20  |
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I've been working with GEF for a few months now and have come to realise
how powerful it is and yet I, and others, really struggle to find out
how to do some things. The resources I have used are:
1. The IBM Red Book
2. The "Shapes", "Logic" and "Flow" examples that come with the SDK.
3. Any other GEF apps I can "borrow" ideas from.
4. This forum.
Some of these resources are out of date.
An example - I wanted to animate my figures. It took me ages to figure
it out based on the "Logic" example and much Googling. OK, I did it in
the end but a simple "snippet" would have saved me hours of frustration.
Let's face it, GEF is hard. We need snippets, examples, ideas and tips
all in one Wiki! I am prepared to contribute what I know and have
discovered about GEF from hours of blood, sweat and tears.
But who would host such a Wiki? Would the Eclipse foundation be interested?
If there is enough feedback to this post perhaps I could open a Bugzilla
request?
Phil
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| Re: GEF documentation and examples is lacking - we need a GEF WIKI! [message #525523 is a reply to message #525481] |
Tue, 06 April 2010 14:09  |
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On 06/04/2010 17:57, Fabian Steeg wrote:
> Yes, more documentation and samples would be great. It would be awesome
> if you'd contribute to the Eclipse wiki, be it in new articles or by
> updating existing stuff. Check out the GEF entry page on the Eclipse wiki:
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> http://wiki.eclipse.org/GEF
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> And the GEF category (to which you could add new articles to make them
> show up on that page):
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> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Category:GEF
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> You can log into the wiki with your Bugzilla account.
Hi,
Ah thanks for that info, I hadn't realised that Wiki was editable by the
public!
I wonder what would be the best format for such information? I was
thinking of a "Snippets and Examples" page rather than full articles.
Maybe add a "Snippets and Examples" page to the front page?
Phil
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