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| ===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== |
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| Since Xfce 4.10 there are no application manuals in the packages. Reason for this change is that hardly any documentation was contributed over the years mainly because people had problems with the various formats (docbook and mallard) or with the complexity of the VCS((GIT, the Version Control System used by Xfce)). | Since Xfce 4.10, there are no application manuals in the packages. The reason for this change is that hardly any documentation was contributed over the years mainly because people had problems with the various formats (docbook and mallard) or with the complexity of the VCS((GIT, the Version Control System used by Xfce)). |
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| To make the documentation barrier lower it was decided to start a documentation wiki where contributors, developers and translators can work on good and up-to-date documentation. | In order to lower the documentation barrier, it was decided to start a documentation wiki where contributors, developers and translators can work on good and up-to-date documentation. |
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| From the various dialogs and links in the Xfce applications, we redirect to the sections in this wiki. | From the various dialogs and links in the Xfce applications, we redirect to the sections in this wiki. |
| If you want to try something out before editing a page, just use the [[playground:playground|playground]] page. Just remember to leave the playground as you found it for others to have a blank slate to experiment with their documentation. | If you want to try something out before editing a page, just use the [[playground:playground|playground]] page. Just remember to leave the playground as you found it for others to have a blank slate to experiment with their documentation. |
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| | If you wish to have editing access to either the documentation, or the wiki, please reach out to us either through [[irc://irc.libera.chat/#xfce-dev|#xfce-dev on Libera]] or the [[https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev|Xfce-dev mailing list]]. See the [[:contribute:dev/start#communication_with_the_xfce_development_team|Communication with the Xfce Development]] for additional information. |
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