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attic move the obsolete DocStyle.lyx file to an attic folder as requested 2009-06-23 01:25:12 +00:00
biblio fix Japanese UserGuide.lyx dependencies and fix some paths to make it compilable 2008-09-12 22:51:18 +00:00
ca documentation files: 2011-07-19 20:57:05 +00:00
clipart ChangesToolbar.png: update image to the layout of LyX 2.0.x 2012-02-11 05:16:20 +00:00
cs documentation files: 2011-07-19 20:57:05 +00:00
da documentation files: 2011-07-19 20:57:05 +00:00
de Math.lyx: typos, textual improvements and formatting issues spotted or suggested by Scott Kostyshak (part 1) 2012-04-26 01:25:47 +02:00
el documentation files: 2011-07-19 20:57:05 +00:00
es Math.lyx: typos, textual improvements and formatting issues spotted or suggested by Scott Kostyshak (part 1) 2012-04-26 01:25:47 +02:00
eu - Tutorial.lyx: remove the info that a DVi previewer is required since this is already included in every LaTeX distribution nowadays 2011-07-23 04:29:05 +00:00
fr Math.lyx: typos, textual improvements and formatting issues spotted or suggested by Scott Kostyshak (part 1) 2012-04-26 01:25:47 +02:00
gl - Tutorial.lyx: remove the info that a DVi previewer is required since this is already included in every LaTeX distribution nowadays 2011-07-23 04:29:05 +00:00
he Hebrew docs: hyperref doesn't work for Hebrew (I accidentally used it for the files since last week) 2011-07-25 02:20:13 +00:00
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id UserGuide.lyx: new section about font and background color, revised text style dialog description, some fixed typos and styles 2011-08-12 03:19:00 +00:00
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ja Math.lyx: typos, textual improvements and formatting issues spotted or suggested by Scott Kostyshak (part 1) 2012-04-26 01:25:47 +02:00
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pl Polish Additional.lyx: set correct sec and toc depth 2011-07-20 01:49:31 +00:00
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uk documentation files: 2011-07-19 20:57:05 +00:00
zh_CN documentation files: 2011-07-19 20:57:05 +00:00
Additional.lyx * Additional.lyx - RCS tweaks for Win 2012-02-29 18:36:12 +00:00
Customization.lyx Customization.lyx: a formatting fix 2011-12-10 01:14:07 +00:00
DummyDocument1.lyx doc files: save in current file format 2011-06-13 14:56:37 +00:00
DummyDocument2.lyx doc files: save in current file format 2011-06-13 14:56:37 +00:00
DummyTextDocument.txt EmbeddedObjects.lyx: sync with branch 2010-09-18 18:03:55 +00:00
EmbeddedObjects.lyx EmbeddedObjects.lyx: new section about rotated boxes and a workaround for a bug in KOMA-script 2012-03-15 01:37:10 +01:00
Formula-numbering.lyx doc files: save in current file format 2011-06-13 14:56:37 +00:00
Intro.lyx - Intro.lyx: LaTeX is now older than 20 years (spotted by Jean-Pierre), some typographic fixes 2012-02-19 04:40:03 +00:00
LaTeXConfig.lyx doc files: save in current file format 2011-06-13 14:56:37 +00:00
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Makefile.am - French UserGuide.lyx: translations from Jean-Pierre and Siegfried 2011-11-12 01:12:10 +00:00
Math.lyx Math.lyx: typos, textual improvements and formatting issues spotted or suggested by Scott Kostyshak (part 1) 2012-04-26 01:25:47 +02:00
MergedManuals.lyx doc-files: save in current file format (more to come) 2011-06-13 15:32:33 +00:00
README.Documentation
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Tutorial.lyx Tutorial.lyx: fix a typo reported on the list 2012-02-11 01:21:24 +00:00
UserGuide.lyx German UserGuide.lyx: some more translations and style fixes to be compliant with the other language variants 2012-03-05 23:32:30 +00:00

README.Documentation

by John Weiss [3/2000] jpweiss@idsi.net


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Introduction

    The purpose of this file is *used* *to* *be* to provide a style
    sheet and helpful hints to those wishing to help with the
    LyX Documentation Project.  There's now a separate style-sheet for
    that.

    If you're actually looking for documentation, check out the "Help"
    menu.  Start by reading the Introduction.

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Why a separate documentation project?  Can't the developers do it?

    In a word, no.  They're too busy adding features and squishing
    bugs.

    Also, g++ is far more forgiving of style changes than a human
    brain.  As long as the code is correct, g++ will happilly compile
    it, and compile it the same way from machine to machine.  Human
    brains are far less forgiving and far more individualized.  So,
    the documentation needs to all be in a uniform style, in addition
    to being grammatically correct and easily readable.  That's a
    pretty big undertaking - which is why I volunteered to
    administrate the docs back in 1997.  Since then, I've passed the
    duty of maintaining the docs on to others.

================
Helping Out

    If you'd like to contribute to the LyX Documentation Project,
    start by reading the file Intro.lyx.  It contains a description of
    the style of the documentation from a reader's perspective.  After
    that, read the LyX Documentation Style Sheet (DocStyle.lyx) and
    commit it to memory!


John Weiss
March, 2000