Re: Bug 455400

["Mark Dexter & Deb Cowley" <dextercowley gmail com>]

Hello Steffen.

 

I looked at the link you supplied and found where I would like to add some new text (as outlined in the bugzilla bug). I would propose adding a new section called 'Text Entry" just after Using Objects / Deleting Objects. This appears to be in the file http://svn.gnome.org/svn/dia/trunk/doc/en/usage-objects.xml

 

I'm happy to do this, but I want to make sure I follow the correct procedures. Is there a version control system for these XML files? Do I follow the procedures documented for source code changes? Is there a recommended XML editor program I should use? When you say there are a number of uncommitted changes, is that something I need to worry about?

 

I'm an experienced programmer and writer but I don't have much experience with creating electronic documentation. So I apologize for having all of these questions.

 

Thanks for your help. Mark Dexter

 

On 7/22/07, Steffen Macke <sdteffen gmail com> wrote:

Hi Mark,

thanks for the bug report and thanks for following up. Your input is
very much appreciated.

I'm currently trying to have at least a look at all the bug reports
and reply to them if possible/necessary.

> 1. What is the best way to propose improvements to the documentation?

Submitting patches to the DocBook documentation sources.

> 2. Is there a way I can help write / edit the documentation?

The Dia documentation is written in DocBook. The DocBook sources are
included with the Dia sources. Please use the latest sources from

http://svn.gnome.org/svn/dia/trunk/doc/en/

Note that there are a number of documentation patches which have not
been committed.

Regards,

Steffen
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