[Scummvm-devel] Platform documentation on ScummVM wiki

[Thierry Crozat (Yahoo! Mail)]

Hi all,

The new user manual is taking shape and I was thinking again of  
adding content to it; more precisely instructions on how to install  
ScummVM and games on the various platforms as well as how to use  
ScummVM (e.g. controls). Typically this information could also be on  
the platform pages (the iPhone page for example has all this).

The initial idea was to avoid duplication on the wiki (to make it  
easier to keep everything up to date). But I think this information  
belong both to the manual and to the platform pages. The idea of  
using a database crept up to this mailing list before, but we still  
don't know if this is feasible. A simpler solution would be to use  
templates. What I propose it to use three templates for each platform:
    + Installing ScummVM (e.g. Template:iPhoneInstallingScummVM)
    + Installing a game (e.g. Template:iPhoneInstallingGame)
    + Controls (e.g. Template:iPhoneControls)

Then the templates can be used in both the platform pages and in the  
user manual. When the information needs to be updated, only the  
templates will need to be modified.

What do you say to this?
If nobody speaks against it, I will start doing the modifications  
next week-end.

Thierry