KOffice documentation: Developers Guide and improving applicationmanuals

[Andreas Constantinides (MegaHz)]

Hello, I am new to this list,
I ve been using linux RH9 with KDE for over 2 years now. I am not into
developing much but I can help with anything else i.e. testing.

Thank you

Andreas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raphael Langerhorst" <raphael-langerhorst at gmx.at>
To: <kde-quality at kde.org>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 10:13 AM
Subject: KOffice documentation: Developers Guide and improving
applicationmanuals


> Hi all,
>
> I just subscribed and had a quick view at the archives (just the
subjects).
> Seems there is allready a lot going on here, that is great!
>
> I'm myself relatively new to KDE development, but have allready started on
a
> few things:
>
>
> 1) improving the documentation for KOffice: application manuals.
>
> Some spelling mistakes for the KSpread documentation fixed so far,
currently
> working on improving content. KOffice generally could use a documentation
> cleanup and improvement.
>
> If anyone else wants to work on improving the documentation we can
coordinate
> efforts on this list or on the doc-english list:
> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-doc-english
>
>
> 2) writing a guide for new (KOffice) developers
>
> I am actively working on a developers guide for KOffice programming. This
> guide is surely also interesting for general KDE development. It guides a
new
> developer briefly through the steps needed to learn KDE programming with
> focus on KOffice. Take a look at the attachment, it's a KWord document.
That
> is the current state of the guide. It's still in a very early state but
the
> first chapter is done: what you need to know before you can work on a KDE
> application. The second chapter then starts with an overview of the
internals
> of KOffice. That is meant to be many more pages and the following chapters
> will be on the individual parts of KOffice.
> Currently the discussion about this guide is handled on the koffice-devel
> mailing list:
> http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice-devel
>
> The KOffice Development Guide is surely a good reading for new programmers
> here (chapter 1 for all of KDE, the rest more KOffice specific). Those who
> also want to help on improving the guide are very welcome to do so. For
this
> I would like to invite you to the koffice-devel mailing list (see above).
> Currently the thread is "developers documentation".
>
> There is also loads of information about development on
> http://developer.kde.org
>
> Since this list is about quality...
> If you are truly interested in development, keep an eye on KBugBuster...
>
> If you want to find and correct bugs, it is also wise to be familiar with
the
> internals of the application. But that is just what you learn by selecting
a
> bug and trying to fix it. Some basic knowledge about used libraries (Qt
for
> example) beforehand would be a great thing. At the beginning it will take
> some time because you are still learning about the internal structure of
the
> application, but don't worry, you will get more and more familiar with
all.
>
>
> Regards,
> Raphael
>


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