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Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#41

Post by philbarr » Tue, Feb 02, 2016, 9:26 PM UTC

Whenever I see install instructions like this:

OS X

  brew install cairo pkg-config
  go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo

Ubuntu

  sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev pkg-config
  go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo

... I always think there should be a "default" instruction page linked to somewhere that explains what brew and apt-get are (and other things). I mean, I know you can't be expected to go to the lengths of explaining this stuff for every single project, but this is the kind of thing that will inspire the next generation. So maybe we, as a community could come up with a, "you don't know what this is? look here..." kind of page that people can put on their github projects.

Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#42

Post by pradn » Tue, Feb 02, 2016, 9:28 PM UTC

philbarr wrote: post #41

Whenever I see install instructions like this: OS X brew install cairo pkg-config go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo Ubuntu sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev pkg-config go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo ... I always think there should be a "default" instruction page linked to somewhere that explains what brew and apt-get are (and other things). I mean, I know you can't be expected to go to the lengths of explaining…

Wholeheartedly agreed. When I was learning about OSS, I had no idea what a "pull request" was but people kept mentioning it. A standard guide on how OSS works with Github, Linux, and related tools would be immensely helpful in welcoming new developers into the OSS world.

Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#43

Post by totalart9000 » Tue, Feb 02, 2016, 9:55 PM UTC

philbarr wrote: post #41

Whenever I see install instructions like this: OS X brew install cairo pkg-config go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo Ubuntu sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev pkg-config go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo ... I always think there should be a "default" instruction page linked to somewhere that explains what brew and apt-get are (and other things). I mean, I know you can't be expected to go to the lengths of explaining…

We already have something. It's called man pages. I say this kind of tongue-in-cheek but I'm also serious about it at the same time.

Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#44

Post by spdustin » Tue, Feb 02, 2016, 10:31 PM UTC

totalart9000 wrote: post #43

philbarr wrote: post #41

Whenever I see install instructions like this: OS X brew install cairo pkg-config go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo Ubuntu sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev pkg-config go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo ... I always think there should be a "default" instruction page linked to somewhere that explains what brew and apt-get are (and other things). I mean, I know you can't be expected to go to the lengths of explaining…

We already have something. It's called man pages . I say this kind of tongue-in-cheek but I'm also serious about it at the same time.

    man brew

That won't help if you don't have Homebrew [0] installed.

[0]: http://brew.sh

Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#45

Post by kgabis » Tue, Feb 02, 2016, 10:32 PM UTC

I just want to say that I'm a huge fan of your open source projects. Thanks for sharing them!

Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#46

Post by profeta » Tue, Feb 02, 2016, 10:34 PM UTC

lukeadams wrote: post #26

The output reminds me of Blender's Freestyle plugin. This looks great though because it's not part of a software suite! ;) [0] https://www.blender.org/manual/render/freestyle/export_svg.h...

blender is, contrary to popular belief, extremely nimble and easy to compile/modify.

it is all python, mostly.

and can be used a command line tool with very little effort. you can make a "open obj file, put default camera, render" scripts very easily.

Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#47

Post by endgame » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 12:35 AM UTC

`ln` is a utility commonly used for making links. Searching for this project in the future is going to be a pest.

Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#48

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 1:07 AM UTC

pradn wrote: post #42

philbarr wrote: post #41

Whenever I see install instructions like this: OS X brew install cairo pkg-config go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo Ubuntu sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev pkg-config go get github.com/ungerik/go-cairo ... I always think there should be a "default" instruction page linked to somewhere that explains what brew and apt-get are (and other things). I mean, I know you can't be expected to go to the lengths of explaining…

Wholeheartedly agreed. When I was learning about OSS, I had no idea what a "pull request" was but people kept mentioning it. A standard guide on how OSS works with Github, Linux, and related tools would be immensely helpful in welcoming new developers into the OSS world.

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Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#49

Post by ekianjo » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 1:35 AM UTC

spdustin wrote: post #44

totalart9000 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We already have something. It's called man pages . I say this kind of tongue-in-cheek but I'm also serious about it at the same time.

man brew That won't help if you don't have Homebrew [0] installed. [0]: http://brew.sh

You can use a search engine, as well. Reasonably effective.

Re: Show HN: 3D Vector Graphics

#50

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 5:22 AM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #49

spdustin wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

man brew That won't help if you don't have Homebrew [0] installed. [0]: http://brew.sh

You can use a search engine, as well. Reasonably effective.

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