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A copy of the license is available on the * +* GNU site http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html or by writing to: * +* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, * +* MA 02110-1301, USA. * +*********************************************************************** --> +<preface id="help_krusader"> + <title>Help &krusader;</title> + <indexterm> + <primary>Help</primary> + </indexterm> + <para>Here is your opportunity to &contribute-url; to + the &krusader; project. There are things that need to + be done, but can't be done by us. If you feel you can help, do not + hesitate to contact us; every OpenSource can use some help. + Please also check the &contribute-url; page on our + website for more recent information. Thanks!</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Documentation</emphasis> + </para> + <para>Help is needed (we are looking for documentation writers) + for keeping the &krusader; documentation up to date. + The draft explanation of new features is done by the developers + on the krusader-devel mailing list, but we need editors to add + this information in the handbook. By playing with the new + features these editors can give valuable information to the + developers for making the new features even better!</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">&krusader; + Extensions</emphasis> + </para> + <para>Please upload your favourite extensions at + &kde-files-url;, so that they become available for the + &krusader; community. Maybe they will be shipped by + default with &krusader; at the next release :-)) It + features + <ulink url="http://www.kde-files.org/index.php?xcontentmode=660"> + Keymaps</ulink>, + <ulink url="http://www.kde-files.org/index.php?xcontentmode=661"> + Colormaps</ulink>, + <ulink url="http://www.kde-files.org/index.php?xcontentmode=662"> + User Actions</ulink>, + <ulink url="http://www.kde-files.org/index.php?xcontentmode=663"> + JavaScript Extensions</ulink>.</para> + <para>User Actions can be discussed in our + &useractionsforum-url;, please join!</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Spread the Word + &krusader;</emphasis> + </para> + <para>If you like &krusader;, + <ulink url="http://krusader.sourceforge.net/spread.php">let + people know!</ulink> Write articles and reviews for internet or + print publications. Encourage your friends to give + &krusader; a try. Participate in forums to help others + in the community.</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">GUI Translations</emphasis> + </para> + <para>&krusader; is available in many languages, but + usually several translations do need an update and translations + to new languages are always welcome, please read the + &i18n-page-url; . Even when there is already a + translator for your native language, it is always helpful to have + a second or third translator ⪚ for proofreading. + Sometimes the regular translator is not available when a + translation update is needed (studies, holiday...). Please + contact the translator/s for your native language; your help will + be appreciated. Any translation (even partial translations) are + accepted by the &krusader;-Krew at any time (feature + freeze or not).</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Documentation Translations</emphasis> + </para> + <para>This documentation is translatable, if you are interested + in translating this documentation please contact Frank.</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">OpenUsability</emphasis> + </para> + <para>Using a program, understanding its interface and getting + information out of it, is something that should always be clear + in every application - no matter how advanced your understanding + of operating systems is or how deep your computer literacy is. + For that reason &krusader; asked to be included in the + &openusability-url; project.</para> + <para>This project joins the software developers and usability + experts in an attempt to check all parts of a user interface for + the inappropriate entries. Its main goal is making user + interfaces and dialogs understandable and friendly to every user. + We need our users comments, your comments, to make things better. + In case you find a part of the program's interface to be too + complicated, please do help us correct it and make it + better.</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Donations</emphasis> + </para> + <para>Actually, we hadn't considered donations, until users asked + us for a way to &donate-url; to the project. + &krusader; is, and always will be free, in all the + terms of the GNU Public License.</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Packagers</emphasis> + </para> + <para>We are always in need of packagers for different distro + rpm's, deb's, etc. All help is welcome.</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Users' feedback for the + &krusader; &MacOS; X port</emphasis> + </para> + <para>There is a &macosx-port-url; + with the help of &fink-url; , the port is + maintained by + <ulink url="http://hritcu.wordpress.com/about/">Catalin Hritcu</ulink>, + all feedback is welcome.</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Porting &krusader; to + &Windows;</emphasis> + </para> + <para>&krusader; is written using &Qt; as + well as &kde;libs. As long as &kde;libs + does not run on &Windows;, porting + &krusader; is not an option. However, we do believe + that once &Qt;4-GPL is released, efforts will be made + to port &kde;libs to &Windows;, and if that + happens, we're in business and then we need a maintainer for + porting &krusader; to &Windows;.</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">FAQ</emphasis> + </para> + <para>If you have a question that is missing in the + &faq-lnk;, we would like to hear it.</para> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Others</emphasis> + </para> + <para> + <link linkend="faqg_wish">Feedback</link>, + <link linkend="faqg_bug_report">Bug reports</link>, patches, + &etc; are always welcome! An open source project's + greatest strength is derived from getting user feedback.</para> + <para>On some websites like &freshmeat-url; or + &kde-apps-url; you can give a rate, if you like + &krusader; go to one of these sites and rate + &krusader;, thanks.</para> +</preface> |