On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Georg Baum <georg.b...@post.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >> BTW, is there somewhere a description of how these test work? A readme >> file would be nice. > > This has been requested several times, but I did not find the time to write > one up to now. I do not want to dump it into a hidden place where nobody > will find it. Recently I had the idea of a development manual in lib/doc > that could contain descriptions for testing, code design issues etc. This > might even help to convert more users to developers (it would be more > visible, and IMHO it looks friendly if the development docs are as > accessible as the user docs). What do you think?
I would be interested in reading something like this. When I first started trying to contribute to LyX, I felt lost. I think most of this was my inexperience in programming in general, but documentation like this would have made it easier. That's one question if this documentation is pursued -- whom to target? What level of programming experience should be assumed -- An experienced C++ programmer who is just unfamiliar with the LyX code? I wonder if this would improve chances of being accepted for Google Summer of Code. If there's any task that you can delegate to me, I'd be happy to help. Scott
