On 17.11.2008 20:36, Arno Lehmann wrote: > 17.11.2008 11:46, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
>> What other approach do you propose for finding the information that >> is currently missing from the manual? > > It would be easiest to track the -users list and simply write a > paragraph whenever you believe you can do so [...] Seems like a sort of minimalist approach, but ok, let's try that. > Furthermore, a short, perhaps not perfect > description is often better than none at all - and it gives the > developers something to improve when they work on the manual anyway :-) :-) indeed. >> I could, provided the question above can be resolved. >> Where is the source for the manual and what is it written in? > > You need some knowledge of svn and LaTeX. Ah, LaTeX. Ok, I guess I should finally start reading up on that. It seems to crop up more and more. Even my daughter has already asked me once if I could help her with that, and I had to answer "no". ;-) > Doesn't look very frightening, right? Well, no, not frightening as such. But I guess there's a bit more to it, such as conventions on formatting, what to index, etc. We'll see. > After changing things, you create a diff like this: [...] > and send the resulting output (preferrably captured in a file) to the > -docs mailing list. Which I guess I'm supposed to subscribe to if I'm serious about helping with this. > If you really get into it, I'm sure Kern will grant you rights to > directly upload your changes to the repository. Oh, I don't think that'll be necessary. I'm quite happy with sending patches and letting others merge them. :-) Thanks, Tilman -- Tilman Schmidt Phoenix Software GmbH Bonn, Germany
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