From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Evan Misshula Subject: Re: editing "The compact Org-Mode Guide" Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 14:22:24 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20130205184331.GB4740@dbn66.laserlab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36360) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U2o67-00082y-MJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:22:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U2o66-00048C-1j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:22:27 -0500 Received: from mail-we0-x22e.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::22e]:61169) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U2o65-00046A-RY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:22:25 -0500 Received: by mail-we0-f174.google.com with SMTP id r6so467442wey.19 for ; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:22:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Thanks for the instructions on how to play nice in the sandbox. We noobs are always afraid we are going to cause more work than we fix. :-) On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha Greg, > Gregory Benjamin writes: > >> I'd like to take a stab at making some corrections and would like to >> have access to the source for this document. With some guidance, I >> should be able to produce a patch that can be incorporated into the >> next realease. > > The source is /path/to/org-mode/doc/orgguide.texi > > There is a file in that directory called Documentation_Standards.org, > which contains what the file name advertises. > >> >> Please provide me with instructions on downloading the source, and >> after I finish editing, uploading the diffs or updated version. > > Assuming you are using the git version of Org mode, you should create a > new branch, check it out, and edit orgguide.texi there. > > When you are happy with your edits, stage and commit them in the git > repository. Once the edits have been committed, you can make a patch like > this: > > git format-patch -o ~/temp/ HEAD~1 > > where ~/temp/ is what I use and might not be appropriate for your setup, > so should be changed accordingly. > > You should read the instructions on formatting patches here: > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#sec-4 > > It saves the developers a lot of time if you follow these instructions. > > Finally, if you're likely to go over the limits of a TINY CHANGE, then > you will want to assign your work to FSF so that it can be included in > Emacs. See the instructions here: > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#sec-2 > > Hopefully, I've remembered all the steps. If this doesn't work for you, > come back to the list with queries. > > All the best, > Tom > > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com > -- Evan Misshula Doctoral Student (Criminal Justice) CUNY John Jay "Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons." John Ruskin, Unto This Last, essay 2 (1862) English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 - 1900) "Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe www.snrg-nyc.org