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This page aims to inform anyone interested in contributing to Sugar documentation, Help 18 and beyond.

This page aims to inform anyone interested in contributing to Sugar documentation.

This page acts as a "Landing page" for those who have read "How to edit Help and contribute" in XO Help, and to encourage others to test it.

 

This page acts as a "Landing page" for those who have read "How to edit Help and contribute" in XO Help 17, and to encourage others to test it.

Any updates to the technical contents of that page will be announced here. Please see [[#Known issues]].

Any updates to the technical contents of that page will be announced here. Please see [[#Known issues]].

Users actively involved, who are prepared to review the work of contributors:

Users actively involved, who are prepared to review the work of contributors:

[[User:Inkyfingers]]

* [[User:Quozl]]

Please add you name ...

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== TODO ==

== TODO ==

This is a list of topics we need improve in the help content (--[[User:Godiard|Godiard]] ([[User talk:Godiard|talk]]) 11:23, 14 January 2014 (EST) Jan 14, 2014)

This is a list of topics we need improve in the help content (--[[User:Godiard|Godiard]] ([[User talk:Godiard|talk]]) 11:24, 14 January 2014 (EST) Jan 14, 2014)

* Browse activity: need add a section about collaboration, explaining how works (sharing favorite pages)

* Browse activity: need add a section about collaboration, explaining how works (sharing favorite pages)

Compare with the old content, and check if something is missing http://dev.laptop.org/~gonzalo/old_help/XO_Introduction.html

Compare with the old content, and check if something is missing http://dev.laptop.org/~gonzalo/old_help/XO_Introduction.html

Keyboard shortcuts - not yet well covered.

Keyboard [[Hotkeys|shortcuts]] - not yet well covered.

Please add any item you see missing.

Please add any item you see missing.

To see work in progress since the previous XO Help, this command:

To see work in progress since the previous XO Help, this command:

  git clone gitorious@git.sugarlabs.org:help/mainline.git

  git clone https://github.com/godiard/help-activity.git

you will get the Help Activity _with_ the sources included.

you will get the Help Activity _with_ the sources included.

You can install it in your development environment doing:  

You can install it in your development environment doing:  

  cd mainline

  cd help-activity

  ./setup.py dev

  ./setup.py dev

(if you have the activity already installed, uninstall it first)

(if you have the activity already installed, uninstall it first)

* In any other Linux environment

* In any other Linux environment

The output of make html is in /mainline/html, and is opened by opening

The output directory {{Code|html/}}, and is opened by opening

index.html in a browser, it is easy to see the changes as you work.

{{Code|html/index.html}} in a browser, so it is easy to see the changes as you work.

== Further reading ==

== Further reading ==

b. or in the event you wish to make changes to the index, over and above, adding a new line to the bottom a table of contents as described in the tutorials,

b. or in the event you wish to make changes to the index, over and above, adding a new line to the bottom a table of contents as described in the tutorials,

   

   

you may delete all the output files, that is, {{Code|~/mainline/html/}} and {{Code|~/mainline/doctrees/}}. They will be regenerated by {{Code|make html}}.

you may delete all the output files, that is, {{Code|~/help-activity/html/}} and {{Code|~/help-activity/doctrees/}}. They will be regenerated by {{Code|make html}}.

=== Reconfigure Help to show View source ===

=== Reconfigure Help to show View source ===

In Sugar as we already have a View source button in the Frame.

In Sugar as we already have a View source button in the Frame.

If you are working with the Help software in a browser, you can add a ''View source'' button, which will appear in the navigation panel. You need to alter three lines in {{Code|~/mainline/source/conf.py}}. Each of the entries listed below comprise a comment line, starting with a "#" followed by the code line. Find each pair of lines in {{Code|conf.py}} and change the value in the code line like this.

If you are working with the Help software in a browser, you can add a ''View source'' button, which will appear in the navigation panel. You need to alter three lines in {{Code|~/help-activity/source/conf.py}}. Each of the entries listed below comprise a comment line, starting with a "#" followed by the code line. Find each pair of lines in {{Code|conf.py}} and change the value in the code line like this.

  # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names. ## Edit: Sugar default is without 'sourcelink.html'

  # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names. ## Edit: Sugar default is without 'sourcelink.html'