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[Richard Kimberly Heck]

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


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