Re: Do you need help with documentation?

[Mats Bengtsson]

> address@hidden writes:
> > I'm a technical writer working in NYC. I'm hoping to get a little more
> > experience working with developers and apply some of my technical knowledge
> > (training in C++, HTML, JavaScript, light Perl, other web scripting)...and
> > I've been taking piano lessons for the past year, so I know how to read
> > music.
> > 
> > Do you still need help? I actually couldn't help much until mid-May - I'm
> > going to school part-time in the evenings and I'm a little swamped now.
> > 
> > If you have all the help you need but know of another project I could
> > contribute to, please let me know. Thank you,
> 
> Yes, we could still use help; the problem is that I can't give you
> clean cut instructions on what should be done -- as a developer I
> don't really know what the bad parts of the documentation are. But
> perhaps other people following development can give you hints.
> 
> If you're really interested, subscribe to the development list (Cc'd
> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel/ ) and offer help
> when you have spare time.

I'd say the natural way to get involved in the documentation 
writing and development is to first start off using the 
program. If you're not really interested in using it, it'll
be difficult to contribute. On the other hand, using a product
and trying to learn using the existing documentation is an 
excellent way to find out what needs to be done.

  /Mats