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README.Documentation
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by John Weiss [3/2000] jpweiss@idsi.net
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Introduction
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The purpose of this file is *used* *to* *be* to provide a style
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sheet and helpful hints to those wishing to help with the
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LyX Documentation Project. There's now a separate style-sheet for
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that.
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If you're actually looking for documentation, check out the "Help"
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menu. Start by reading the Introduction.
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Why a separate documentation project? Can't the developers do it?
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In a word, no. They're too busy adding features and squishing
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bugs.
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Also, g++ is far more forgiving of style changes than a human
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brain. As long as the code is correct, g++ will happilly compile
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it, and compile it the same way from machine to machine. Human
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brains are far less forgiving and far more individualized. So,
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the documentation needs to all be in a uniform style, in addition
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to being grammatically correct and easily readable. That's a
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pretty big undertaking - which is why I volunteered to
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administrate the docs back in 1997. Since then, I've passed the
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duty of maintaining the docs on to others.
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Helping Out
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If you'd like to contribute to the LyX Documentation Project,
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start by reading the file Intro.lyx. It contains a description of
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the style of the documentation from a reader's perspective. After
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that, read the LyX Documentation Style Sheet (DocStyle.lyx) and
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commit it to memory!
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John Weiss
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March, 2000
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