GNOME Handbook of Writing Software Documentation V1.0.2
- 1. Introduction
- 2. GNOME Documentation System
- 3. Getting Started Writing GNOME Documentation
- 4. DocBook Basics
- 5. GDP Documentation Guidelines
- 6. Writing Application and Applet Manuals
- 7. Cross Referencing Other Documentation
- 8. Writing Context Sensitive Help (coming in GNOME-3.0)
- 9. Building Documentation within a Program
- 10. Teamwork
- 11. Finishing a Document
- A. Resources
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- Copyright © 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
- Copyright © 2000 Daniel Mueth
- Copyright © 2000 Alexander Kirillov
- Copyright © 2002 Eric Baudais
- Copyright © 2002 Eugene O'Connor
- Copyright © 2002 John Fleck
- Copyright © 2003 John Fleck
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