Hi Sowmya,

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Sowmya Ravidas <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
> I selected the application, Gnome Terminal. And chose the bug:
>
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=628818
>
> What should be my next step? Do I need to get the bug assigned to my name?
>
>
>

I'm not sure of your experience level, but I think you've probably picked
one of the more technical applications to document. I don't say that to
scare you off, but just to set the proper expectations - the terminal is a
rather technically-oriented application, and will require that you either
have that technical knowledge to start, or that you be willing to take the
time to learn how the terminal may be used.

If you already have a Linux background - I think that drafting a high-level
outline would be a good starting point. It will help to get you started,
and will help us to make sure that you're on the right track. Plus, if you
need to make significant changes, adjusting a high-level outline is easy.

The docs for gnome-terminal need to be completely rewritten, so the bugs
should get fixed as part of the documentation writing process. A high level
outline would include the sections that you'd like to include, as well as a
sampling of topic titles that you'd like to include. You don't need to
actually write out the help topics yet - just sketch things out with an
outline.  You can share the high-level outline on the mailing list, but
feel free to also ask us questions on IRC.

Thanks again!

Jim
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