Re: Lack of documentation

javabaliflores wrote:

> Dear Jens,
> 
> this really is a shame, but not on you.
> 
> The lack of a complete (or at least more complete than now)
> documentation puts some restrictions to the jurabib-package. Besides
> the official documentation, one has to search the forum and google and
> doesnt even know the exact expression to look for -- and that for just
> one package. For me, this really bugs me every time I want something I
> cannot solve with the doc alone.
> 
> On the other hand, crying out loud "Jens, do it, do it now, this
> situation sucks!" doesnt help, since without you there would be no
> jurabib and it would not really be appropriate for open source-principles.
> 
> I think by now there must a be a lot of expertise -- just not
> gathered, but isolated at (almost) every user of jurabib. How about
> bringing them together, as a collaborativ (is that spelled right?)
> writing, e.g. in a wiki? This would split the work into very small
> pieces and could thus be more popular.
> 
> Just some thoughts.
> Chris
> 
> --On 2. Februar 2007 11:39:23 +0100 Jens Berger <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> > And Carsten's hint for grepping all (?) the Commands within
>> > jurabib.sty sounds very promising, I already saved the results for
>> > further examination.
>> 
>> Yes, shame on me because of the bad or nonexistent comments of the
>> internal code.
>> jurabib has to be completely rewritten. But this could not be done
> by me.
>> As mentioned already on the homepage, I will freeze jurabib this year.
>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
>> Jens
> 
> 
> 

There is a place on the LyX wiki for jurabib tips. You can use it if you
want to start reworking the documentation.

Cheers,
Charles
-- 
http://www.kde-france.org



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