Please. I posted setup instructions for GTKRadiant here a while ago. I expect people to be able to read, yes. Unlike most mod authors, I wrote very extensive documentation for RMQ, and lobbied for open source and crossplatform in Quake long before you started doing so. We are constantly updating our def and fgd files, and intend to release both, unlike that other famous mod. I contributed to stevenaaus' Linux Quake Howto. I ported Jardrup's tools to Linux. I contribute to QSB. I try to make things work. I do care for newbies. I see your problem, but you're barking up the wrong tree. Can't you see that we are very much alike? I would be glad to post instructions elsewhere. It's not that I have nothing to do, so these things usually take a back seat until someone asks me. Try asking me. Unlike the inhabitants of certain ratholes on IRC, I would actually be likely to help you (if the time requirement is reasonable), so be nice to me.Why am I the only one in any community capable of making map editor setup instructions for Quake or a nice package for doing so?
You are right that the problem you describe exists. And it is good that you do something about it. However, the problem I describe exists, too. And the two are connected - at the moment, you increase my problem, while decreasing yours. Please help people without breaking stuff. That is my only beef with your approach. You could, for example, make Scrama's tool work, and bundle it with your worldcraft package, and ask people to use it before they (hopefully) release their map files. At least we here wouldn't have this conversion problem if the tool came with the WC Quake adapter and worked. The problem is that you're not aware why this request is justified - you say experts have to fend for their own issues, basta.
I obviously disagree. Helping newbies, but at the cost of some experts' nerves and workflow, is an unbalanced approach. I'm sure there is an English phrase for that, but my first language is something else. Imagine you would have to discuss this in German.Experts have to fend for their own interests.
I'm not saying this just to criticize you. Your work is valuable. I'm just pointing out a flaw that you aren't taking seriously enough.