Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoHow do we get the makers of FreeCAD to document their fucking software?lockmessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down127
arrow-up1-8arrow-down1message-squareHow do we get the makers of FreeCAD to document their fucking software?lockCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·24 days agoThe good thing about OSS is you don’t have to be a programmer to contribute. If the documentation is lacking you can write up a one pager and submit it to their wiki for integration. https://wiki.freecad.org/User_hub
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·24 days agoHow am I supposed to write the documentation for software that I have no method of learning how to use?
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·24 days agoBy watching YouTube tutorials or turning on the monkey part of our brains and poking around in the software until something happens.
The good thing about OSS is you don’t have to be a programmer to contribute.
If the documentation is lacking you can write up a one pager and submit it to their wiki for integration.
https://wiki.freecad.org/User_hub
How am I supposed to write the documentation for software that I have no method of learning how to use?
By watching YouTube tutorials or turning on the monkey part of our brains and poking around in the software until something happens.