diff --git a/doc/sources/gettingstarted/installation.rst b/doc/sources/gettingstarted/installation.rst index bdffbff66..83e10ef19 100644 --- a/doc/sources/gettingstarted/installation.rst +++ b/doc/sources/gettingstarted/installation.rst @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ Installation Installing Kivy With Kivy, you can use your favourite development environment to start -coding your App. - -- To get started, you need to download the latest version of Kivy: +coding your App. To get started, you need to download the latest version of +Kivy: http://kivy.org/#download -- Please refer to the installation instructions for your specific platform. + +After download, please refer to the installation instructions for your specific platform: .. image:: ../images/windows.png :alt: Windows @@ -34,13 +34,10 @@ coding your App. :height: 128px :width: 30% -:: -:: - - **Development Version** -- If you want the development version of Kivy, so you can use the latest additions to the framework, you can get the source code from github:: +If you want the development version of Kivy, so you can use the latest +additions to the framework, you can get the source code from github:: git clone http://github.com/kivy/kivy diff --git a/doc/sources/gettingstarted/intro.rst b/doc/sources/gettingstarted/intro.rst index d520c22ca..b025a58aa 100644 --- a/doc/sources/gettingstarted/intro.rst +++ b/doc/sources/gettingstarted/intro.rst @@ -6,29 +6,34 @@ Introduction Start Developing Kivy Apps right away! Creating Kivy apps is fun and rewarding. This guide should be the perfect -starting point to get you on the right track for app development. You will require a basic knowledge of Python -to follow this introduction. If you need more background, you might be interested in these tutorials: - -* `The Python Tutorial (at the Python website) `_ -* `Learn Python in 10 minutes `_ -* `Learn Python the hard way `_ +starting point to get you on the right track for app development. You will +require a basic knowledge of Python to follow this introduction. .. image:: ../images/gs-introduction.png :align: center :height: 255px -On your computer, you can create apps that run on: +If you need more background about Python language, you might be interested in +these tutorials: + +* `The Python Tutorial (at the Python website) `_ +* `Learn Python in 10 minutes `_ +* `Learn Python the hard way `_ + +Using Kivy on your computer, you can create apps that run on: - Desktop computers: MacOSX, Linux, Windows. - iOs Devices: iPad, iPhone - Android devices: Tablets, phones. -- Any other touch-enabled professional/homebrew devices supporting TUIO (Tangible User Interface Objects). +- Any other touch-enabled professional/homebrew devices supporting TUIO + (Tangible User Interface Objects). -Kivy empowers you with the freedom of writing your code once and having it run as-is on different platforms. +Kivy empowers you with the freedom of writing your code once and having it run +as-is on different platforms. Follow this guide to get the tools you need, understand the major concepts and -learn best practices. As this is an introduction, pointers to more information will be provided at the -end of each section. +learn best practices. As this is an introduction, pointers to more information +will be provided at the end of each section. You may also want to look at the :doc:`/gettingstarted/index` guide. @@ -43,8 +48,8 @@ Finally, you will learn how to **Deploy** on a device of your choice. Each section of the guide introduces a new topic, trying to give you enough information to get started and links to related articles for more in-depth -explanations. When you are done with this guide, you'll be able to develop -Kivy apps and you will know where to look for information for the more challenging +explanations. When you are done with this guide, you'll be able to develop Kivy +apps and you will know where to look for information for the more challenging stuff your innovative applications will require. Enough introductions, let's get down to business.