Note: This tutorials assumes you have read the Introduction to ROS.
Description: This tutorial discusses the layout of the ROS wiki (ros.org) and talks about how to find what you want to know.

Keywords: wiki

Tutorial Level: BEGINNER

Contents

  1. ROS.org Landing Page
  2. ROS Package Pages
  3. ROS Stack Pages

This tutorial will look at the different headers, links, and sidebars through out the wiki to help you understand how ROS.org is laid out.

ROS.org Landing Page

The landing page is where you are directed to when you type www.ros.org into you browser. Let's look at the ROS wiki header that is displayed at the top of every wiki page.


descriptive_ros_header.png

As you can see each package contains tutorials and troubleshooting specific to the package.

ROS Package Pages

Let's look at ros-pkg package wiki page for tf (www.ros.org/wiki/tf). The package header for each package is auto generated from the stack and package manifest.

tf_package_detail.png

ROS Stack Pages

Let's look at ros stack wiki page for ROS (www.ros.org/wiki/ROS). The stack header for each stack is auto generated from the stack manifest.

stack_header_detail.png

As you can see each stack contains tutorials and troubleshooting specific to the stack.

Wiki: ROS/Tutorials/NavigatingTheWiki (last edited 2011-05-19 21:56:20 by MeloneeWise)

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