RE: Getting Started with Lua

["Thijs Schreijer" <thijs@...>]

> 
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
> <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> >> This seems just a repackaging of existing materials (about, faq,
> pil, wiki).
> >
> > That was my point. Does the site map, which has links to all those,
> suffice?
> > Or does anyone actually look at the site map??
> 
> Firstly, I'd like to state that I think packaging can be very
> important. The phase "just a repackaging" sounds rather derogatory,
> but I don't think that it should (or at least, not always). If good
> information cannot be found, or people don't realise that they are a
> few clicks away from good information, or good information is scatted
> over various pages in an unorganised manner, then said information
> might as well not exist.

Totally agree. Recollecting my initial experience; I felt the info was
scattered all over the place(s). My best resource actually were the
extensive help/reference files delivered with Girder (www.promixis.com),
because it got me everything in one place.