> mdke, the only manual Pidgin has which can be accessed through the help
> system is a man page!

I didn't realise that - I checked Ekiga but not Pidgin.

mpt is right though, we need to work to ensure that our document doesn't
overlap unnecessarily. That means including prominent links to system
documentation where possible (Ekiga/Liferea), and online documentation
where appropriate (Pidgin) [1].

I think the best way to proceed in this instance would be to help upstream
to get their documentation into Yelp [2], include links where possible,
and write "glue" material where it is helpful.

[1] Note that if a user doesn't have internet access, they are going to
struggle to use Pidgin...
[2] It's likely to be less time consuming to do a $format->xml conversion
that to rewrite documentation from scratch.

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