On 4/30/06, Kevin Krammer<= /b> <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>= ; wrote:

On Sunday = 30 April 2006 21:41, Allan Sadun wrote:
> Wow! I've never gotten a re= ply from a mailing list, let alone three, so to
> avoid getting replies to my replies, I'll continue by private emai= l.

Actually I'd like to recommend staying on the list as long as you= have still
open questions. Others might have answers for the new questi= ons as well or
might still answer you first round questions if they believe you are st= ill
waiting for some.

You can CC any reply to this mail to the ma= ilinglist as well if you like.

> Languages I'm fluent in: HTML, J= avaScript, English

Usually our web team needs help as well, for reorganising content, = testing,
creating new content, etc

They have a mailinglist as wel= l: https://mail.k= de.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-www

Parts of the KDE4 platform anticipated for end of the year, ear= ly next year
release will be extendable in JavaScript and there is a sta= nd-alone
JavaScript interpreter with KDE bindings available even for KDE= 3:
http://xmelegance.org/kjsem= bed/

> I don't think I should start coding right away; As sai= d above, I know C++,
> kinda, sorta, not really, but I can understand= most code, so if I start by
> documentation, it'll fit my abilities, and by examining code, I ca= n learn,
> so I think it's a good place to start.

Yes, definit= ely a good way to get into all the KDE action :)

> So... I browse= the SVN repository, download code and documentation, write
> new docs, create diffs, and post them on the list? If so:
> = 1. How do I make diffs?

Once you change a file in your SVN checkout,= the command "svn diff" outputs
the differences. You can, afte= r examining it and maybe reworking your
changes, have the command write to a file instead:

$ svn diff &g= t; /tmp/patchfilename.diff

> 2. What format should docs be in? HT= ML, ASCII, other?

As far as I know most of our documentation is in D= ocBook, however the
documentation team has regularily stated that they are happy with plain= text
(ASCII) contributions as well.

Their mailinglist is https://mail.kde= .org/mailman/listinfo/kde-doc-english

> 3. Frans, you mentioned my "svn checkout". I'm n= ew to the idea of SVN; what
> is it?

There is a KDE SVN Howto = in our Wiki:
http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=3DKDE+Subversion+HOWTO

C= heers,
Kevin

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Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
Qt/KDE Developer, Debian User Moderator: www.mrunix.de (German), www.qtcentre.org