3 by John Weiss [3/2000] jpweiss@idsi.net
9 The purpose of this file is *used* *to* *be* to provide a style
10 sheet and helpful hints to those wishing to help with the
11 LyX Documentation Project. There's now a separate style-sheet for
14 If you're actually looking for documentation, check out the "Help"
15 menu. Start by reading the Introduction.
18 Why a separate documentation project? Can't the developers do it?
20 In a word, no. They're too busy adding features and squishing
23 Also, g++ is far more forgiving of style changes than a human
24 brain. As long as the code is correct, g++ will happilly compile
25 it, and compile it the same way from machine to machine. Human
26 brains are far less forgiving and far more individualized. So,
27 the documentation needs to all be in a uniform style, in addition
28 to being grammatically correct and easily readable. That's a
29 pretty big undertaking - which is why I volunteered to
30 administrate the docs back in 1997. Since then, I've passed the
31 duty of maintaining the docs on to others.
36 If you'd like to contribute to the LyX Documentation Project,
37 start by reading the file Intro.lyx. It contains a description of
38 the style of the documentation from a reader's perspective. After
39 that, read the LyX Documentation Style Sheet (DocStyle.lyx) and