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Old 05-09-2008
Using a wiki for FOSS application documentation

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT
For a lot of programmers, writing an application is fun, but writing its manual is not. Adding new features, refining the product, and responding to users' input are all more rewarding than writing instructions on how to use the software. However, good documentation is necessary to have happy, informed users who can contribute meaningfully to future development. A few months ago, Gilbert Ashley, the author of src2pkg (Slackware's "magic package maker") invited me and two other people to help him manage the user documentation for his program. The process we used to create the src2pkg wiki may be a useful example for other free and open source software (FOSS) application developers.


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libquvi(3)							  libquvi manual							libquvi(3)

NAME
libquvi - Overview of query media library DESCRIPTION
libquvi is a cross-platform library for parsing flash media stream URLs with C API. The term "quvi" is a shorthand for "query video". API documentation <http://quvi.sourceforge.net/doc/> Motivation libquvi originates from the idea of allowing users to view the videos without having to install or use flash. It is a "workaround", not an "alternative" to flash. See also: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Performance> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Flash_client_security> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Alternatives_to_Flash> ENVIRONMENT
LIBQUVI_SCRIPTSDIR Path to the libquvi-scripts directory. This overrides the libquvi default search paths for the scripts. See also the tutorial in the "API documentation". LIBQUVI_SHOW_SCANDIR If set, libquvi prints the lua script search paths to the stderr. LIBQUVI_SHOW_SCRIPT If set, the lua scripts found by libquvi are printed to the stderr. WWW
Home : <http://quvi.sourceforge.net> gitweb: <http://repo.or.cz/w/libquvi.git> LICENSE
libquvi is free software, licensed under the LGPLv2.1+. The lua scripts that libquvi uses are considered as programs and using the lua scripts is linking. SEE ALSO
"libquvi-scripts(7)", quvi(1) AUTHOR
Toni Gundogdu <legatvs at sign gmail com> Thanks to all those who have contributed to the project by sending patches, reporting bugs and writing feedback. You know who you are. v0.4.1 2011-09-23 libquvi(3)