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Baris Erkus bariserkus at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 14 21:51:24 UTC 2021


On 14-Jan-21 8:49 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 1/14/21 5:13 AM, Baris Erkus wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 14-Jan-21 1:02 PM, Baris Erkus wrote:
>>> On 13-Jan-21 11:36 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>>>> On 1/13/21 2:27 PM, Baris Erkus wrote:
>>>>> On 13-Jan-21 8:22 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We hope to release LyX 2.4.0 in the next couple months. Before then,
>>>>>> there is some work that needs to be done on the documentation. If 
>>>>>> you've
>>>>>> always wanted to contribute to LyX but haven't because you don't 
>>>>>> know
>>>>>> how to code, then this is your chance!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The main task that needs doing is to copy the changes made in the
>>>>>> English documentation over into the Spanish, French, German, and
>>>>>> Japanese manuals, so that the translators can do translate it. 
>>>>>> You do
>>>>>> NOT have to speak one of these languages to do this (though that 
>>>>>> might
>>>>>> be helpful). It really is just a matter of going through the English
>>>>>> manual, finding the new or changed material (which is marked with
>>>>>> change-tracking), and pasting it into the other manuals. It's 
>>>>>> rote work,
>>>>>> but important work nonetheless.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Longer-term, we could also use someone to act as documentation 
>>>>>> manager
>>>>>> during the 2.5 development cycle and to do this kind of work 
>>>>>> along the
>>>>>> way. If you'd be interested in that job, please do let us know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Riki
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Count me in.
>>>> Thanks, Baris. We have someone doing Spanish. You want to choose a
>>>> language?
>>>>
>>>> See here
>>>>
>>>> https://marc.info/?l=lyx-devel&m=161056092509324&w=2
>>>>
>>>> for some other details. Please feel free to ask whatever questions you
>>>> may have.
>>>>
>>>> Riki
>>>>
>>> I can do whichever language is available. Where can I get the 
>>> English manual for 2.4.x? Is it the one that comes with the install? 
>>> Does it have tracking marks(I did not install it on this PC, so I 
>>> cannot check it right now)? Please let me know how to proceed.
>>>
>> OK, I have 2.4.0dev1 install on this PC and the tracked cahnges in 
>> the English manuals are like this:
>>
>> So, I have to copy/past these changes to the proper locations of the 
>> other language's manual. Right?
>>
> Yes, that's right. But you don't need to copy over merely grammatical 
> changes, or minor editorial ones. You can use your best judgement there.
>
> Why don't you take French, then?
>
> Riki
>
>
Got it. I will make use of Google translate and DeepL when doing this.. 
What is my deadline?

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