Terminology rewrite sprint

[KonstantinDmitriev]

Hi! I am working right now to put a banner with the instructions to all translation pages not updated with new terminology.

[size=150]Important note:[/size] For technical reasons, from now on we have to change the way how pages are marked as updated. Now, instead of {{Category:NewTerminology}} please use just {{NewTerminology}}.

For existing pages: I will replace all occurrences of {{Category:NewTerminology}} automatically.

The instructions in the top post are updated. Thank you!
K.

[d.j.a.y]

@Zelgadis

Hi! I am working right now to put a banner with the instructions to all translation pages not updated with new terminology.

massive … !

i have done some minor (mostly intra link → wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Terminology) change on
wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Dev:Sprints … erminology
wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Main_Page
wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Writer_Documentation
wiki.synfig.org/wiki/User_Documentation

Please update/create wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Terminology in missing language

see(:ya!

[KonstantinDmitriev]

Good work, djay!
Small note: please don’t forget to use {{L| … }} form for the links instead [[ … ]] form - wiki.synfig.org/wiki/index.php?t … ldid=18201 . We need to keep this consistent. ^___^
Thank you!

[Genete]

Excuse me guys, can I see an example of a banner of an outdated non English page? Is there anyone or it is pending of creating the banner?
Thank you for your work!
-G

[KonstantinDmitriev]

@Genete

Excuse me guys, can I see an example of a banner of an outdated non English page? Is there anyone or it is pending of creating the banner?

I’m still working on it.

[KonstantinDmitriev]

Hi!

Ok, the banner is done! It displayed automatically for all translation pages not having {{NewTerminology}} mark in their body.

Example: wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Spline_Tool/ru

I think it’s ok to remove warning banner from the main page now.

[KonstantinDmitriev]

Some translation pages have to be renamed. For example “Params Panel/ru” have to become “Parameters Panel/ru”. Only admins can do that.

Also, about the last two todo items here - http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Writer_Documentation#Projects

• Find a way to work on translation pages outdated (todo)
• Update the translations step (todo)

What does they exactly mean?

[KonstantinDmitriev]

@Zelgadis

Some translation pages have to be renamed. For example “Params Panel/ru” have to become “Parameters Panel/ru”. Only admins can do that.

DONE.

[d.j.a.y]

@Zelgadis

• (1) Find a way to work on translation pages outdated (todo)
• (2) Update the translations step (todo)

What does they exactly mean?

(1) : “howto manage in a community way the process of updating with new terminology the translated page”
— a ) in this direction i have created the termonology , termonology/fr … pages.
— b ) i am in contact with elisa @ fr.flossmanual to thinking about something (when more precise infos i will share)

(2) kind of recursive todo — i love the easter eggs concept…

see(:ya!

[KonstantinDmitriev]

@d.j.a.y

(1) : “howto manage in a community way the process of updating with new terminology the translated page”
— a ) in this direction i have created the termonology , termonology/fr … pages.
— b ) i am in contact with elisa @ fr.flossmanual to thinking about something (when more precise infos i will share)

In fact, I am seriously thinking of migration from mediawiki to booktype - sourcefabric.org/en/booktype/ ^___^

@d.j.a.y

(2) kind of recursive todo — i love the easter eggs concept…

My suggestion is to remove those two last entries, since I’m considering our terminology rewrite initiative is over. The rest is on care of translators and it could span to endless process - we never can tell when those tasks could be marked as “done”.

[John_Smith]

So when will we have info about all the layers in the wiki?

[d.j.a.y]

@John Smith

So when will we have info about all the layers in the wiki?

are you joking ? … cause i like jokes.

[Genete]

@John Smith

So when will we have info about all the layers in the wiki?

Dear John Smith:
We, the development team, are aware about most of the complains that you are raising continuously on this board. We are used to see how people ask for new features or show up missing parts of the wiki. We can understand that, for the very first time, a new user comments the defects as first step to help us.
But what we can’t understand is that after one year of membership and 118 posts on the board, we haven’t seen any helping action from your side. See some examples of your posts:

So when will we have info about all the layers in the wiki?

Have you taught about using Kickstarter/Indiegogo

I was wondering can someone fill in the wiki what all the layers do? wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Layer
Most of them like this wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Inside_Out_Layer have no description and I have no idea what they do.

By the the way why isn’t there a find and replace feature in the wiki similar to microsoft word?
When will the windows version be released? That is super important.

Someone should make a free version of animation survival kit . I was wondering why no one has made their own version of animator’s survival kit under CC-BY
Perhaps Zegaldis can teach the basics of animation.

So when can we expect it to be released?

We all know stickman. And it’s great for generic human figures. But to expand stickmans skeleton or to create non human templates is hard. For example to add two extra hands in the stickman template it may take hours and it requires some math understanding behind it. From the time python plugins wh…

I was wondering since the character template is released morevnaproject.org/2013/04/10/ch … -released/

Will it now be possible to make a Character Template for 4 legged creatures using the fixed versions.
They include stickman in Synfig so why can’t they include character template and camera widget.

Why isn’t the character template and camera widget included in the latest version of Synfig morevnaproject.org/2013/04/10/ch … -released/

Can anyone make a 3Q front walk cycle with the special character template when its is released like this mrflabbergasted.deviantart.com/a … -334923660 Currently there are 3 ponies you can use AppleJack,Twilight and RainBow. You would only have to rig one c…

I was wondering if Zegaldis could a special character template for 4 legged creatures morevnaproject.org/2013/02/25/de … templates/

What is the estimated release date for the next version?

Will you be talking to the guys from Inkscape at LGM about improving cross comaptibility with Synfig and Inkscape?Aka Sif to SVG and SVG to Sif convertors? I think that will be very important I find inkscape much easier for vectroring but would like sif files to be able to be converted to SVGs.

Will you be talking to the guys from Inkscape at LGM about improving cross comaptibility with Synfig and Inkscape?Aka Sif to SVG and SVG to Sif convertors? I think that will be very important I find inkscape much easier for vectroring but would like sif files to be able to be converted to SVGs.

I have some suggestions if you do a kickstarter/indiegogo

Port Synfig to Python
Imporve the Interface
improve sif to svg and svg to sif .

The Inkscape developers will be at lgm right? Can you ask them if they could do a kickstarter/indeigogo for Inkscape to port Inkscape to Python?

Pencil has a sound layer and its under GPL right? Can it’s sounnd layer feature be ported to synfig?

Will you be doing a kickstarter/indiegogo to fund the next release I believe synfig could get a decent amount of money from it.

Congratulations. You should now make an anouncement of whats next both on indiegogo and your site. Remember to send a personal thank you email to each donor thanking them. By the way by the time you go to LGM will synfig interface be improved? Aka dockable windows etc.

I was wondering if someone could build the latest version of synfig for windows download.tuxfamily.org/synfig/packages/binaries/ I think its pretty important. By the way could you release a version of synfig with that new technology you are making it would be nice to see a preview of it.Also …

How about using KickStarter/IndeiGoGo to help with the release I think Synfig with a good campaign can earn 5000 dollars.

I think now is the time to do an indiegogo/kickstarter to improve Synfig.

Have you tried using indiegogo/kickstarter for the new series your making in August.
I was wondering if we could find some one who is eligible for kickstarter to do the funding campaign. A windows/mac version with all the bells and whistles is a must for synfig community to grow.

I was wondering why doesn’t synfig do an indiegogo or kickstarter to improve its software?

I was wondering since you taught children about synfig morevnaproject.org/2012/11/18/re … -the-demo/

Can you do a synfig tutorial series now that morenva project demo is released?
I was wondering why this wasn’t done.

How about asking the guy to port it?

I was wondering why don’t they do a kickstarter or indiegogo. By the way are there any plans from the creator to do tutorials after this is done considering the fact that synfig lacks video documentation.

John, this is annoying. Stop asking and start doing!

-G

[John_Smith]

Its not like I am doing anything right?

Stickman for 4 legged creatures

I was wondering if a version of stickman could be made for 4 legged creatures such as this synfig.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4eji0m Fixed Versions. AppleJack sta.sh/01dmvhov91x8 Rainbow Dash sta.sh/023oce374uqp Twilight Sparkle sta.sh/02bgviz2ilt4 Fluttershy sta.sh/01tr1mwwwmux Rarity sta.sh/01z2kroktddk Pinkie Pie sta.sh/022agaplcrim Zip File sta.sh/01cap5mg4eqv All ponies have been vectored .Enjoy using them in Synfig.

No project to make ponies animatable in Synfig.
Not to mention the fact that it cost me a lot of money.

All I asked was to give basic information about what the all the layers do.Suggesting Kickstarter/Indiegogo wasn’t a bad idea was it?
I think it is necessary that there be a short description of each layer and parameter. There was a reason Nina Paley had problems with Synfig morevnaproject.org/2013/05/08/lg … #more-1996

I am on a tight budget right now.

[d.j.a.y]

@Zelgadis

My suggestion is to remove those two last entries, since I’m considering our terminology rewrite initiative is over.

Nop please, about 20pages are missing from screenshot… if this can encourage some valorous contributor…

Note : bigup & welcome to Saorsa user on the wiki …more than 10 000 bytes moved in less than 24hours !!

[KonstantinDmitriev]

@d.j.a.y

@Zelgadis

My suggestion is to remove those two last entries, since I’m considering our terminology rewrite initiative is over.

Nop please, about 20pages are missing from screenshot… if this can encourage some valorous contributor…

Ah, yes, sorry - I was meaning the text part. The screenshot part is very important for sure! Thank you!

@d.j.a.y

Note : bigup & welcome to Saorsa user on the wiki …more than 10 000 bytes moved in less than 24hours !!

Awesome!

[saorsa]

@d.j.a.y

@Zelgadis

Note : bigup & welcome to Saorsa user on the wiki …more than 10 000 bytes moved in less than 24hours !!

Thanks, merci, mais j’sais pas si c’est du bon français!

[Herb]

While going through the manual found there were still the term ducks being used in Artwork Construction Spine Tool.

You can tweak the newly created vertices by clicking on handles and dragging them.
You can also right click on a vertex duck or a tangent duck and it will provide a context menu:
For tangent ducks: “Split tangents” will split the tangent so that you can independently modify the arch of an end point of a bézier curve. “Merge tangents” will merge the independent tangents so that you can align the arches of the end points of two connecting bézier curves.
For vertex ducks: “Loop Spline” or “UnLoop Spline” (depending on if it is already looped or not) allows you to close or open the spline. “Delete vertex” allows you to delete the vertex.

[jcome]

@Herb

While going through the manual found there were still the term ducks being used in Artwork Construction Spine Tool.

You can tweak the newly created vertices by clicking on handles and dragging them.
You can also right click on a vertex duck or a tangent duck and it will provide a context menu:
For tangent ducks: “Split tangents” will split the tangent so that you can independently modify the arch of an end point of a bézier curve. “Merge tangents” will merge the independent tangents so that you can align the arches of the end points of two connecting bézier curves.
For vertex ducks: “Loop Spline” or “UnLoop Spline” (depending on if it is already looped or not) allows you to close or open the spline. “Delete vertex” allows you to delete the vertex.

Thanks for the report, fixed now.
wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Spline_Tool#Usage

[jcome]

And I decided to start to update Chinese documents now, the first task is to go through all translated pages and update them with new terminology, after that I will see if I still have motivation to translate the rest pages which not available in Chinese.