how to disturb newbies

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Sat Oct 25 13:39:22 EDT 2014


Mark Wieder wrote:

 > Richard-
 >
 > Saturday, October 25, 2014, 9:27:06 AM, you wrote:
 >
 >> For those willing to dive deeper into improving the documentation,
 >> the team has provided a section on the "Contribute to LiveCode"
 >> page on the format of Dictionary entries, which we can modify
 >> directly and submit a pull request for:
 >> 
<http://livecode.com/community/contribute-to-livecode/#%20Dictionary%20Entry%20Guidelines>
 >
 > What?
 > <rant>
 > When did this show up? The doc editing tool that the team uses doesn't
 > even use this schema or allow many of the elements to be edited. Or
 > explain what they are or how they're used. Aside from the fact that
 > the doc format is bad^H^H^Hatrocious, this schema would have been a
 > big help when I was making doc files.
 > </rant>

That seems the sort of thing you should complain to the Community 
Manager about.

Wait - that's me!  Damn.  Now I'm responsible for doing something about it.

:)

Where can I find the "doc editing tool that the team uses", and where is 
it made available for community contributors?

I'll review the situation in my Thursday meeting with Ben.

-- 
  Richard Gaskin
  LiveCode Community Manager
  richard at livecode.com





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