On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:52:25 +0100, Jens Hatlak wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> I've had some experience in writing user documents. Since I much prefer >> SeaMonkey's help capability -- embedded in the application -- over >> relying on Web-based help, I would like to volunteer to work on this. >> How can I get involved? > > Ideally you would set up a build environment, as explained here: > <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Simple_SeaMonkey_build> > (Linux should be easiest to set up on). This way you can check whether > the modifications you make work out correctly. > > If this is not manageable for you, an intermediate solution would be to > only get the SeaMonkey sources (basically "hg clone > http://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/"; after installing mercurial on Linux > or MozillaBuild on Windows) so that you can provide patches against the > sources from which Help is built. > > The minimum effort, which would however require heavy assistance from > SeaMonkey developers in order to make it into the final product, would > be to only contribute texts (like "put this here, replace that there"). > > In any case you'll need a SeaMonkey trunk (nightly) build for testing > plus a (free) Bugzilla account. Then select the bug(s) you want to work > on. Query for starters: > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%3Aseamonkey%20%3Ahelp> > > Anything else, like how to create and maintain patches, get reviews > etc., or even how to build SM, can be discussed later. For these types > of discussions, feel free to join the m.d.a.seamonkey newsgroup and ask > questions as needed.
It also helps if you have written user documentation in (X)HTML, and/or have written a few (very basic) html web pages. Phil -- Philip Chee <phi...@aleytys.pc.my>, <philip.c...@gmail.com> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
