From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 16 11:15:36 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19663106564A for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:15:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from niclas.zeising@gmail.com) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (mail.lysator.liu.se [IPv6:2001:6b0:17:f0a0::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 600138FC17 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:15:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id AECB240002 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:15:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix, from userid 1004) id A43CB4000D; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:15:33 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on bernadotte.lysator.liu.se X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 Received: from mx.daemonic.se (mx.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C8FC940002; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:15:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.daemonic.se (mail.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::4]) by mx.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ECD80119C08; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:15:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:1::4] (vivi.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:1::4]) by mail.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BBD5C12B1E5; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:15:31 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4E2172C1.3040306@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:15:13 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Wilby References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Helping out X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:15:36 -0000 On 2011-07-16 11:21, Matthew Wilby wrote: > Morning, > > I'd like to help out with the doc project, but I'm not quite sure where to > start. > > Is there a newcomers guidance document anywhere? > > Thanks, > > Matt Hi Matt! A good place to start is probably the FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer, or FDP-Primer, located here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/ . It contains information about how the documentation system works, mostly web page and handbook. For manuals groff_mdoc(7) has some valuable information. To find stuff to actually work on, look through the handbook and see if there's stuff that's outdated or needs improvement. You can also look through the PR database and see if you find any interesting PRs that needs work (or that just can be closed, or committed, or similar). I hope this helps you find something to get started with! Welcome Aboard! Regards! -- Niclas Zeising