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-===== Where to find Information =====+ 
 +====== Where to find Information ======
  
 GroIMP is a software with many features and a quite complex theoretical background and we are doing our best to provide you with easily accessable information inside the software and online.  GroIMP is a software with many features and a quite complex theoretical background and we are doing our best to provide you with easily accessable information inside the software and online. 
  
-==== Embedded ====+===== Embedded =====
  
-=== Documentation ===+==== Documentation ====
  
 GroIMP comes with built-in documentation. You can access it from the main menu under Help, on the welcome screen, or by clicking the small blue question marks located throughout the software.{{ :workshops:summer_school_25:02_monday:question_mark.png?200|}} GroIMP comes with built-in documentation. You can access it from the main menu under Help, on the welcome screen, or by clicking the small blue question marks located throughout the software.{{ :workshops:summer_school_25:02_monday:question_mark.png?200|}}
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-=== Embedded Tutorials ===+==== Embedded Tutorials ====
  
 Currently, GroIMP comes with two embedded tutorials: one for the RGG language and one for the user interface. Currently, GroIMP comes with two embedded tutorials: one for the RGG language and one for the user interface.
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 {{ :workshops:summer_school_25:02_monday:rgg_tutorial.png?600 |}} {{ :workshops:summer_school_25:02_monday:rgg_tutorial.png?600 |}}
  
-=== Examples ===+==== Examples ====
  
 To provide insight and highlight different features, GroIMP comes with a collection of embedded examples. You can find these examples in the main menu under "File" > "Example Projects." To provide insight and highlight different features, GroIMP comes with a collection of embedded examples. You can find these examples in the main menu under "File" > "Example Projects."
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-=== Function browser ===+==== Function browser ====
  
 GroIMP's programming language includes a large set of predefined functions and features. It can be quite hard to remember them all, especially in the beginning. Therefore, the software provides an [[user-guide:common_panels#function_browser|explorer]]  to help you find them and offers descriptions of them. GroIMP's programming language includes a large set of predefined functions and features. It can be quite hard to remember them all, especially in the beginning. Therefore, the software provides an [[user-guide:common_panels#function_browser|explorer]]  to help you find them and offers descriptions of them.
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 Moreover you can try one of our [[additional-functionality:autocomplete| completors]] to make the coding simpler. Moreover you can try one of our [[additional-functionality:autocomplete| completors]] to make the coding simpler.
  
-==== grogra.de ====+===== grogra.de =====
  
 Our online presence is mainly build around the website [[https://grogra.de | grogra.de]], named after the predecessor of GroIMP. Our online presence is mainly build around the website [[https://grogra.de | grogra.de]], named after the predecessor of GroIMP.
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-=== Wiki ===+==== Wiki ====
  
 The most important part for beginners is this wiki ([[https://wiki.grogra.de | wiki.grogra.de]]), here we try to provide not only infromation but also step by step tutorials.  The most important part for beginners is this wiki ([[https://wiki.grogra.de | wiki.grogra.de]]), here we try to provide not only infromation but also step by step tutorials. 
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 //If you ever find yourself on a minty green wiki page, then you have accidentally entered our "experimental" wiki, where we are working on a new structure for our information.// //If you ever find yourself on a minty green wiki page, then you have accidentally entered our "experimental" wiki, where we are working on a new structure for our information.//
  
-=== Manual ===+==== Manual ===
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 +All embedded documentation of all plugins can be found online on  [[https://manual.grogra.de/]], this makes it easier to share specific references or search them. Moreover it allows to read the embedded documentation of a plugin without installing the plugin. 
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-Our manuals (work in progress) can be found under this link: [[https://manual.grogra.de/]]  
  
-=== e-learning ===+==== e-learning ====
  
 The e-learning resources ([[http://openilias.uni-goettingen.de/openilias/goto_openilias_crs_175.html]]) include tutorials and videos in German and English language. Note: Some of the instructions, especially on the graphical user interface of the GroIMP software are outdated, but nevertheless the tutorials on modelling are still worth a look. The e-learning resources ([[http://openilias.uni-goettingen.de/openilias/goto_openilias_crs_175.html]]) include tutorials and videos in German and English language. Note: Some of the instructions, especially on the graphical user interface of the GroIMP software are outdated, but nevertheless the tutorials on modelling are still worth a look.
  
-=== Previous Workshops and Summer Schools ===+==== Previous Workshops and Summer Schools ====
  
 A list of previous workshops and summer schools can be found under this link: [[https://wiki.grogra.de/doku.php?id=workshops:workshops]] A list of previous workshops and summer schools can be found under this link: [[https://wiki.grogra.de/doku.php?id=workshops:workshops]]
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-=== Additional Material ===+==== Additional Material ====
  
  
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-=== Online Gallery ===+==== Online Gallery ====
  
 Similar to the embedded examples, we provide an online [[:gallery|gallery]] with a large number of projects and examples. It can be found at [[https://gallery.grogra.de | gallery.grogra.de]]. Similar to the embedded examples, we provide an online [[:gallery|gallery]] with a large number of projects and examples. It can be found at [[https://gallery.grogra.de | gallery.grogra.de]].
  
  
-=== Javadoc ===+==== Javadoc ====
  
 For more technical documentation, we provide Javadoc ([[https://javadoc.grogra.de | javadoc.grogra.de]]), which contains information about GroIMP's source code. This can be extremely helpful when you need to find a specific feature in the RayTracer, the return format of a function in the RGG library, or similar information. For more technical documentation, we provide Javadoc ([[https://javadoc.grogra.de | javadoc.grogra.de]]), which contains information about GroIMP's source code. This can be extremely helpful when you need to find a specific feature in the RayTracer, the return format of a function in the RGG library, or similar information.
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 However, it can be quite complicated at first since it contains all of GroIMP's source code. However, it can be quite complicated at first since it contains all of GroIMP's source code.
  
-==== Online comunities ====+===== Online comunities =====
  
 To provide a more interactive support system, we offer a Slack server and a WeChat group. We are also part of the he [[https://fspm.discourse.group/c/software/groimp/8 | fspm discourse server]]. To provide a more interactive support system, we offer a Slack server and a WeChat group. We are also part of the he [[https://fspm.discourse.group/c/software/groimp/8 | fspm discourse server]].
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