[OSGeoLive] [SeasonOfDocs] [Qgis-community-team] [OSGeoLive 13.0] QGIS 3.4 overview and quickstart overhaul

[DelazJ]

Hi,

QGIS has an automated (but unfortunately broken, at least with my configs)
tool to generate screenshots. It was a first draft that would have needed
more improvements but we couldn't spend enough time on it.
running *qgis --take-screenshots directory* in a console would run QGIS and
export a bunch of screenshots to directory. I don't really know the
internals (code is
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/861c5115ebd9533864cd4e9338ea1e35014ef0cd/src/app/qgsappscreenshots.cpp)
nor how configurable it's but extending it to Python would be good. It
could solve QGIS screenshot issues but still remain other OsgeoLive
projects.

I created reports in QGIS issue tracker (
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/30326 and
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/30327) and let's hope it gets fixed for
the deadline we have.

Regards,
Harrissou



Le sam. 22 juin 2019 à 01:53, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Advice that Hamish Bowen provided a few years back, and is now included in
> OSGeoLive writing tips is:
>
> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/How%20to%20document%20a%20project
>
> Header logo:
>
>    - Stored here: ​
>    https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/tree/master/doc/images/projects/
>    <project>/
>    - Filename should be "logo-<project>.png"
>    - Should have a transparent background (not white)
>    - Stored in size 125x125 pixels (for use in Project Overview and
>    QuickStarts?)
>    - For PNGs run a program like ​pngcrush
>    <http://packages.ubuntu.com/pngcrush> or ​optipng
>    <http://packages.ubuntu.com/optipng> to reduce the size of the image
>    without degrading quality. For example:
>
> optipng -o5 image.png
>
>
>    - Preferably also available as SVG, stored as "logo-<project>.svg"
>
> On 22/6/19 9:47 am, Jared Morgan wrote:
>
> Would it be possible to automate the process?
>
> https://blog.codeship.com/automating-screenshots-in-documentation/
>
> There is good prior art in this space for Python bots.
>
> Jared Morgan
> M: +61413005479
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>
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 10:42, Ori Gudes <o.gudes at unsw.edu.au> wrote:
>
>> Talking about “capturing screenshots of QGIS” I have been do it a lot
>> (lately) and would be interested to know about efficient ways to improve
>> this process.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks Ori
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Dr. Ori Gudes*
>> *Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre*
>> Built Environment
>>
>> UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
>> T: +61 (2) 93855255
>>
>>
>> E: o.gudes at unsw.edu.au
>> W: cityfutures.net.au <http://www.cityfutures.net.au/>
>>
>>
>>
>> *List of publications
>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/dffaa4qzb1py5kj/Publications_Gudes26042019.pdf?dl=0>
>> * (updated April 2019)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* SeasonOfDocs <seasonofdocs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf
>> Of *Andrew Jeffrey
>> *Sent:* Friday, 21 June 2019 10:31 AM
>> *To:* Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* qgis-community <qgis-community-team at lists.osgeo.org>; Osgeolive <
>> osgeolive at lists.osgeo.org>; SeasonOfDocs at lists.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [SeasonOfDocs] [Qgis-community-team] [OSGeoLive 13.0]
>> QGIS 3.4 overview and quickstart overhaul
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>>
>>
>> Having a poke around on the Osgeo Live website and when it comes to
>> virtual machines all I can seem to find is V12.0.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there a version 13 pre-release so that people interested in improving
>> the Quickstarts can use it for capturing screenshots of QGIS (or any app)
>> in the OS that the Ogeo live will be using?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 9:31 PM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Belinda and Liam,
>>
>> It was great to have breakfast with you this morning and discuss how you
>> might want to get involved in SeasonOfDocs.
>>
>> As promised, here is an email thread with ideas so far about updating
>> Quickstarts/Overviews for QGIS which will be a really good starting point
>> for you both (with your QGIS background).
>>
>>
>>
>> The How to Get started with OSGeoLive docs is halfway through
>> transitioning from an old system to new (sorry for the mess):
>>
>> Old: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_AddProject#Documentation
>>
>> New:
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/How%20to%20document%20a%20project
>>
>>
>>
>> If you get stuck, which is highly likely, feel free to ask one of us CCed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Good luck, Cameron
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 25 May 2019 at 06:20, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Harrissou, my comments are inline:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 24 May 2019 at 19:48, DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Nicolas, what's the deadline for the release?
>>
>>
>>
>> Our OSGeoLive schedule is here:
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB#gid=0
>>
>> English versions of Project Overviews and Quickstarts are to be updated
>> and reviewed by  9 July 2019
>>
>>
>>
>> I think you hit two items that are not covered even in our official
>> documentation so tackling these would benefit to both docs:
>>
>> - the Overview: we have a list of features at [1] but it's also not fully
>> updated at the moment [2}
>>
>> - the Quickstart (something we don't have): but we neither finished
>> updating our screenshots [3] - some might already be available to pick in
>> the repo though.
>>
>>
>>
>> What I want to say, refering to our own undone changes, is that this is
>> an opportunity to fix two important features for both projects.
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree Harrissou, aligning QGIS and OSGeoLive core documentation would
>> be excellent. It is something I'm hoping we can trail in our SeasonOfDocs
>> initiative with QGIS and GeoNetwork, and later introduce to other OSGeo
>> projects.
>>
>>
>>
>> And afaics it doesn't require specific advanced skills, so I'd invite
>> people willing to help in documentation to give it a try. Could be a good
>> starting point. The visual changelogs might also help to find some main
>> features [4].
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, these are less complicated tasks and a good starting point. I've
>> been learning from tech writers that we should be careful to avoid words
>> like "easy", or "just do ....". Tasks which developers find easy (like
>> using git or RST) have a high barrier-to-entry for experienced writers
>> (such as an ex-English teacher who came to our last FOSS4G community day).
>>
>>
>>
>> Our Howto-write-OSGeoLive docs have become harder to follow as we have
>> been automating our build process. (I'm hoping we will improve this as part
>> of SeasonOfDocs). Links from: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> About OSGeoLive, am I right that there's no html doc online and if i want
>> to view the docs I have to either run the dvd/usb/VM or build it myself as
>> explained in the ReadMe [5]?
>>
>>
>>
>> You can see docs from our latest release here:
>> http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Regarding the quickstart (*talking about the concept of quickstart since
>> I haven't seen the OSGeoLive's one and don't know if it duplicates things
>> we already have*), I wonder if it's not something we can consider having
>> next or within QGIS docs. There might be ways to bridge both resources,
>> actually just display on QGIS Docs website the quickstart from
>> OSGeoLive-Docs. Sphinx-gurus? And that would help QGIS documenters be more
>> concerned (talking about me at least) with OSGeoLive docs, bridge the
>> projects and there might be more advantages.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, I really like this idea, and would be interested to see how we can
>> pursue this.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Harrissou
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] https://docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/user_manual/preamble/features.html
>>
>> [2] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues/2286
>>
>> [3] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues/2441
>>
>> [4] https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/visualchangelogs.html
>>
>> [5]
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc#building-osgeolive-documentation
>>
>>
>>
>> Le jeu. 23 mai 2019 à 09:33, Nicolas Roelandt <roelandtn.pro at gmail.com>
>> a écrit :
>>
>> Hi dear QGIS community members,
>>
>>
>>
>> OSGeoLive has reached alpha2 stage with QGIS 3.4.6 installed. [1]
>>
>> OSGeoLive 12.0 was with QGIS 2.18 and the current documentation was
>> written for this version.
>>
>>
>>
>> At OSGeoLive, we think that the new version of QGIS is a good opportunity
>> to rework on the QGIS overview [2] and quickstart [3] and reflects its new
>> functionnalities. So we are looking for volunteers to help us improve the
>> docs and take new screenshots.
>>
>>
>>
>> You can work directly on the files or interact in the dedicated ticket
>> [4] or within our mailing list [5].
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help from the OSGeoLive Community.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Nicolas Roelandt
>>
>> OSGeoLive PSC
>>
>> OSGeo-fr board
>>
>> OSGeo charter member
>>
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/OSGeoLive-13-0-status-alpha2-td5405559.html
>>
>> [2]
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/blob/master/doc/overview/qgis_overview.rst
>>
>> [3]
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/blob/master/doc/quickstart/qgis_quickstart.rst
>>
>> [4] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/ticket/2136#ticket
>>
>> [5] osgeolive at lists.osgeo.org
>>
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