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Contributing

We are very pleased that you are interested in contributing!

Our goal is to create the best documentation for SDL possible. To this end we have adopted the following guiding principles and would appreciate your keeping them in mind as you create your contributions.

This wiki should:

To help you with this we have created a series of resources:

Feedback Form

This is the quickest and simplest way for anyone to contribute to the wiki! There is no sign up and no permissions are required to use this option. Every page of the wiki contains a drop down Feedback form (upper right) where you can post quick content ideas, questions, suggestions, etc. Simply click the form tab, fill in the text field with your contribution, include your contact information if you would like a reply, and click Submit. We'll take it from there!

Mailing List

The Documentation Mailing List has been set up to allow users to share documentation-related topics. (There is a separate mailing list for development-related topics.) Anything from conventions to needed content, questions or comments, can be posted to the Mailing List. Plus, keep up with what others are saying and doing on the wiki.
We encourage all contributors to join the mailing list and participate in the discussions there. It is a great place to discuss areas that need contributions and to let others know what you are working on or if you are able to help address a request.

Style Guides by Topic

These are the core of our contribution resources. There is a style guide for each type of contribution you may wish to make as well as the Wiki Basics guide which contains global information that all contributors should have.
We recommend that you begin with Wiki Basics and then dive into the topic-specific guides that interest you before you begin to edit. Please check back periodically for reminders and updates!

Style Guide

Topics Covered

Wiki Basics

Starting to edit
Saving changes
Style Guide basics
Quick reference for wiki markup used in this wiki
Miscellaneous notes

Code Examples

Adding Code Examples to any API page

Remarks

Adding Remarks to any API page

Tutorials

Adding an existing tutorial to the Tutorials page
Creating a new tutorial within the wiki

Function Pages

Editing Function pages
Editing Macro pages
~-This is supplemental to the Code Examples and Remarks Style Guides-~

Structure Pages

Editing Structure pages
Editing Union pages
~-This is supplemental to the Code Examples and Remarks Style Guides-~

Enumeration Pages

Editing Enumeration pages
Editing Hint pages
~-This is supplemental to the Code Examples and Remarks Style Guides-~

New Pages

Creating new pages in the wiki
~-This is supplemental to the other Style Guides-~

If you find something that is not addressed or is unclear in a style guide please post your questions to the Documentation mailing list, on a Forum, or email us at <<MailTo(ANTI SPAM wiki AT libsdl DOT org)>>.

Email

For anything that is not addressed in the above you can always send an email to <<MailTo(ANTI SPAM wiki AT libsdl DOT org)>>.

Disclaimer

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