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[David J S Briscoe <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/06/2015 21:00, Marco Ciampa wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 08:22:23PM +0100, David J S Briscoe wrote:
> > I'm willing to have a look at some of the grammar in the English
> > documentation (some of it may be my fault anyway-I helped with the
> > original French to English translation ages ago).
> > How do I make changes to the files at http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/ ?
> > Do I need to log into something? Or can I just download a local copy
> > of the files,edit them (using which editor?- I used open office
> > originally) and then send the edited versions to someone? Or should
> > I just wait until all the documents are on Github (I can log in to
> > Github)? Please let me know how I can help.
> All docs are already on github. Just log in, fork, edit and ask for a pull.
>
> https://github.com/ciampix/kicad-doc
>
> BTW: this seems to me wrong or a vestigial of some old function:
>
> Getting_Started_in_KiCad.adoc:541
>
> 51. If you are interested in knowing what the footprint you are choosing
> looks like, you have two options. You can click on the 'View selected
> footprint' icon image:images/show_footprint.png[show_footprint_png] for
> a preview of the current footprint. Alternatively, click on the 'Display
> footprint list documentation' icon
> image:images/datasheet.png[datasheet_png] and you will get a multi-page
> PDF document with all available footprints. You can print it out and
> check your components to make sure that the dimensions match.
>
> from "Alternatively, ..."
Hi,
Unfortunately I can just about log into Github. I have no idea how to 
"Fork,Edit and ask for a Pull". The simplest way I can contribute is to 
download each of the existing HTML files, edit them is LibreOffice 
4.4.3.2 and then send them to someone in a zip file as an attachment. 
This is what I used to do with the edits of the original French open 
office files a few years back. I'm afraid I will screw up the files on 
Github so probably better for me to do it the old fashioned way. Who can 
I send the edited files to?

David.