[Qgis-developer] Let's simplify the plugin situation

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 28/12/2011 18:32, Gary Sherman ha scritto:
> One of the shortcomings is the lack of documentation for individual plugins. This needs to be addressed since a plugin  with no documentation often is not usable. Some simple plugins can be completely documented in a single line of description, however, I have found others that require more information. I have loaded a number of plugins, activated them and had either no idea how to use or, in some cases, what purpose it served.

Agreed fully.

> I'm not sure how this can be fixed easily since it is up to the individual plugin authors. At a minimum there should be a Help button that opens a dialog with some description or opens a web site in the browser with more information.

We could make mandatory an html page, place it on the webapp and in a (standardized
please) help button of the plugin. Of course a dev could make an empty page, but at
least he'll be aware he's doing wrong.
All the best.
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