From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Contributing to Emacs Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:58:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1364317260 30974 80.91.229.3 (26 Mar 2013 17:01:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:01:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jacob Criner Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 26 18:01:27 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UKXFU-0003HT-No for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:01:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54019 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UKXF6-0003Qb-Pe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:01:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57948) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UKXCl-0008FS-1m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:58:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UKXCj-0003gM-Bv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:58:34 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:37612) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UKXCi-0003fO-Ts for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:58:33 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id r2QGwRHS020050; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:58:27 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DADF7B40E2; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:58:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Jacob Criner's message of "Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:44:30 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4529=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4529> : streams <928531> : uri <1376972> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:158228 Archived-At: > I would like to support Emacs by writing documentation. Thank you. Thank you very much. We'd be very happy to have you help us with Emacs's documentation. Here are the things we usually need w.r.t our documentation: - Proof-reading the manuals. That's also a great way to learn more about Emacs (even for "veterans" like myself). This is usually done together with reading the NEWS file to make sure that the manual has been updated. - Translating the tutorial in some other language. - Add documentation about some package/feature that isn't mentioned in the manual or doesn't have its own manual yet. - Compare docstrings with the corresponding description in the manual (when applicable). They usually shouldn't be identical, but they should not contradict each other. Generally the manual gives a bit less details but more background/context. Take your pick, Stefan