Talk:Osmo Documentation

= Welcome! =

The Osmo documentation project has its first online presence here. It was first seeded with text taken directly from the Osmo official web page at clayo.org/osmo, but this information should not remain in its promotional and programmer oriented form. Much thanks to the author of that page, a developer of Osmo, for his interest and involvement in this documentation project. Developer and user interests will keep the documentation project valuable.

Introduction to Osmo Documentation project purpose and history
This collaborative documentation provides a place to explain why and how users might better appreciate the value of this simple self contained digital personal information management tool (a PIM tool). I started this documentation project as an advanced GNU Public License (GPL) software user, but am not a programmer, so I can not vouch for the Osmo code. On the other hand, the GPL licensure means others can do code investigation. We can look forward to users, developers and other Wikibooks contributors putting significant design and editing attention on it.

In roughly 2011 I installed my first copy of the Osmo PIM computer program after a long search, and a large number of quality criteria. After using the software, I began indexing all of the existing online use-descriptions but did not share my notes. In March 2013 I contacted the Osmo developers and friends mailing list, asking about existing documentation projects, and suggesting a Wikibooks book. A developer responded, saying no such project existed. The developer agreed Wikibooks was a good place to start, and added that when the documentation is finished, it mighty be packaged with the software. The first page of the Wikibooks Osmo documentation project was posted on March 29th, 2013. I seeded the book main page with my edited content dump from the software's main web page, but did not yet add my other 2011 notes. I seeded the book discussion page with my edits of style and structure suggestions from Wikibooks guides and examples, and on March 30th (today) introduced myself and the Osmo Documentation project to the Wikibooks community.

--Ellisun (discuss • contribs) 21:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

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= Next steps - how to contribute = I think we need the following before moving forward: --Ellisun (discuss • contribs) 00:31, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * we need a sandbox for data dumping and format experimentation --
 * we need a complete table of contents --
 * we need an outline --
 * we need to recommend and choose best-of-type book formats and templates here on wikibooks (see Notes on Osmo Documentation style manual)
 * we need to focus the manual on very short tutorials for specific use-cases -- Instead of command explanations, imagine I want a particular use. What commands would I use, and in what order? Do we have a picture of that? We can start with a FAQ section.

“We dedicate this book to all persons needing their personal information under their own control”