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Format for ubuntu tutorials

Asked by jnorthr

No problem - just a little spare time on my hands : how can i contribute to the user documentation for ubuntu, open office, etc. do you have a standard format for the documentation like pdf's, etc. or perhaps a 'house style' for the actual formatting of the content?
let me know -
thx
Jim

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Best Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

I wish all questions were like this Jim......

You can find here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam

info on how to contribute and if you wish join the documentation team.
The official documentation is in DocBook XML format, and is available through our svn repository:

https://docteam.ubuntu.com/repos/

I hope to see you soon on board!

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jnorthr (jim.northrop) said : 		#2

Thanks Cesare Tirabassi, that solved my question.

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jnorthr (jim.northrop) said : 		#3

Hi again -
I've taken a look at the svn repo but since i am still quite new to *ix systems, i don't understand how to use it. Do you have a link to a tutorial on how to do so ? I do NOT want to blitz anything by accident !!
Ta
Jim

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#4

Here is a nice link:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SVN

Don't worry too much, you will be working on your local copy. Just be carefull when you commit your changes to the main branch.

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jnorthr (jim.northrop) said : 		#5

Ok, thx for the link but i do not have internet access on my laptop, so it seems unlikely i can access the SVN. Do you know any way i can do documentation work 'offline' ? I really would like to help. Any suggestions appreciated.
Jim