On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Sophie Gautier
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tom, all
> On 05/02/2013 20:45, Tom Davies wrote:
>> Hi :) If it's possible to edit the in-built help files without wading
>> through Xml then it would be great to hear about even in French.
>
> Unfortunately no. There is a tool that was used by Sun to edit the .xhp
> files through Writer, but you can't escape the xml code and the
> complicated structure of the help.
>   I
>> suspect i might be able to make sense of it even just with
>> Google-translate.
>
> The principal documentation is in English, but it's from 2005. Since,
> the help files have evolved, the tool has evolved, the tags have also
> evolved, this is all this adaptation that is needed.
>
>  Is there a link to a how-to already or does it
>> need a lot of work?
>
> It needs a lot of learning :)
>
>  Is it something that we might be able to work
>> out together somehow?
>
> Of course, but it's far from simple, and there is a need to learn.
>
> Is the how-to going to be a wiki-page or a
>> video?  Wiki sounds better to me but video might turn out to be
>> easier?
>
> Imagine that you have to learn a new language, what would be the best ;)
> All the files are on my server and can be reach easily by the one who
> wants to participate (I can provide the link in private, my server is
> not a robust one). Before making all the files public, I would like to
> make sure that all work correctly.
> But as I said, I'm willing to help anybody who would like to participate
> in the meantime.
>
> Kind regards
> Sophie

Sophie, I am very interested in participating, but I won't have any
time until after 15 March when I return to Australia.

--Jean

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