David E. Ross wrote:
I've had some experience in writing user documents. Since I much prefer
SeaMonkey's help capability -- embedded in the application -- over
relying on Web-based help, I would like to volunteer to work on this.
How can I get involved?
Ideally you would set up a build environment, as explained here:
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Simple_SeaMonkey_build>
(Linux should be easiest to set up on). This way you can check whether
the modifications you make work out correctly.
If this is not manageable for you, an intermediate solution would be to
only get the SeaMonkey sources (basically "hg clone
http://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/"; after installing mercurial on Linux
or MozillaBuild on Windows) so that you can provide patches against the
sources from which Help is built.
The minimum effort, which would however require heavy assistance from
SeaMonkey developers in order to make it into the final product, would
be to only contribute texts (like "put this here, replace that there").
In any case you'll need a SeaMonkey trunk (nightly) build for testing
plus a (free) Bugzilla account. Then select the bug(s) you want to work
on. Query for starters:
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%3Aseamonkey%20%3Ahelp>
Anything else, like how to create and maintain patches, get reviews
etc., or even how to build SM, can be discussed later. For these types
of discussions, feel free to join the m.d.a.seamonkey newsgroup and ask
questions as needed.
HTH
Jens
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Jens Hatlak <http://jens.hatlak.de/>
SeaMonkey Trunk Tracker <http://smtt.blogspot.com/>
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