[scribus] interest in new tutorial?

[Murray Strome]

On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:20 AM, "Gregory Pittman" <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> 
On 01/25/2012 11:09 AM, Christen Anderson wrote:
> I've noticed several people recently asking for a tutorial geared
> towards 1.4.0. The old freedomYug tutorial is long out of date. I would
> be willing to either update the current tutorial or write a new one, if
> there is interest in this. As A.l.e. pointed out in a recent forum
> thread, the freedomYug tutorial is not really the best for new users,
> since it explores several features that new users wouldn't need to know.
> 
> So my question is, is there any interest in this? If so, what things, in
> your opinion, would be best to include in this?
> 

I
 think there is, and the best way, yet the most work, would involve more
 or less starting all over. The reason is that this original tutorial 
dates from the 1.2 versions, where Scribus's capabilities were very much
 less than now, and we might not even do things the same way this 
tutorial suggests.

This having been said, there are a large 
number of things illustrated in this relatively short tutorial. Here is 
an ancient page I made to show the things covered in the tutorial:

http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/FreedomYUG_Tutorial_Demonstrated_Tasks

Greg

As I am sure that you know, Greg, I helped to prepare a newer tutorial in 2008. There were some licensing issues, as we wanted our version to be under the Creative Commons license model. Things get complicated!! Here is the tutorial information link:

http://www.oliveroot.net/Scribus/Getting_Started_With_Scribus_2008/

In any case, it is for a later version than the original and might provide a better starting point.

I would be willing to assist in efforts to revise/update/rewrite a more up-to-date tutorial, even if it is only to help with proof-reading.

Murray
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