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Baris Erkus
bariserkus at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 14 10:13:16 UTC 2021
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?
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