[k3b] K3B Documentation

Michał Małek michalm at jabster.pl
Tue Aug 3 05:49:18 UTC 2010


Burkhard Lück wrote:
> Hi k3b devels,
> 
> (cc'ing the i18n coordinator as scripty + the translators are affected)

Hi,
Sorry for delayed answer, I was on my vacation.

> 
> there are two issues with the k3b documentation:
> 
> 1) k3b.desktop has X-DocPath entries to userbase, but there is still a k3b 
> documentation in extragear/multimedia/doc/, which is processed by scripty 
and 
> translators. That does not make any sense.

Agreed, this needs to be removed.

> Ways to address this issue:
> 1a) [re]move the documentation and translations in kde svn.
> Cons: no help offline, few translations, X-DocPath entries need to be 
manually 
> synced with translation progress on userbase
> 
> 2b) Export userbase pages K3b + K3b/Burn_an_Audio_Cd_with_K3b, convert it 
> automatically via wiki2docbook, commit to svn and use the local help file as 
X-
> DocPath entry. We (Doc-Team+Translators) do that already e.g. with the 
Parley 
> handbook.
> Pros: Offline help uptodate as on userbase, more translations, automatic 
workflow

I like the second solution. How is it done in practice? Does snapshot of 
online documentation is taken just before a major release?

> 2) k3b kcm
> The KCM has an enabled Help button, but no X-DocPath entry. Launching Help 
> opens KHelpcenter and displays the message "There is no documentation 
> available for /index.html", bad user experience :-(
> So either the Help button should be disabled or a proper X-DocPath 
(according 
> to the solution of No 1) should be added. 

Good spot,  I will disable it.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał



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