Developing the documentation

[Dave Herman]

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 12:19 +0000, Leom Burke wrote:
>     Hi Guys,
> I am new to using gnucash and find it fantastic and i want to help
> improve the project.
> I am planning on working on the documentation to improve it for other
> new users.  I have the SVN trunk for the docs but the XML does not seem
> to be standardised - no tabs and the tags dont line up in any editor.

When the update to the "Tutorial & Concepts Guide" occurred last
"spring" (Northern Hemisphere) there was an effort to standardize the
format somewhat.  The format of the XML doesn't really impact the user's
view of the document.  I think that both (T&C Guide and Help) are
displayed using YELP.

> I would like to tweak the code slightly to improve the readability for
> new contributors by tabbing the tags properly...etc.  As this is a
> rather large task i am asking if anyone minds me doing it first :).  I

I'm currently working on a significant re-work of the Help document, and
would welcome any assist/review available. I am leaving for a "long
weekend" so will be off-line until early next week.

I sure Chris would welcome any "updates".

There are some "guidelines" in the wiki, I think, if note I look for
what Bengt Thuree, and I used on the T&C Guide.

Dave

> would then start a page-by-page analysis of the documentation as it
> appears to be something that gets overlooked by the developers (i didn't
> mean to offend anyone then) and needs someone to take stock and ensure
> that it is fully up to date and flows correctly.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Leom
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