On March 11, 2004 4:35 pm, Christian Britz wrote: > Hi, > > I know that I was pointed to the README file for my first german > translation "because it is pretty stable and no major overhauls are > planned". ;-) Nevertheless, I refuse to not offer you a little bit of my > time to update some parts of the README and README.de files (the other > translators would have to follow because I don't speak their languages > well enough). > > I have two major update favorites: > > 1) Fabian Cenedese and others have made some good remarks about parts of > the README being not precise enough or a little bit wrong / outdated. I > would like to work on these sections.
Well, it's better to create a patch and post it to the list. This way we know precisely what you have in mind, and we can comment on that. > 2) Someone on the ML of my local LUG asked a rather simple question that > would fit to the "quick start" section IMO. He asked how to include > original MS fonts into wine because some Windows application seems to > demand them being present (physically). A short explanation of this and > the possibility to use native DLL files would perfect to a README file I > think. Using native files certainly is not a primary goal of wine > development; on the other hand it could help new users or users with > tricky applications a lot. Hmm, I don't know about this one. The README is long enough as it is, and having the native DLL discussion in there will only make it longer. I think we should just refer people to the User Guide where is the proper place to document these matters. -- Dimi.