[Scilab-users] example of library

[Federico Miyara]

Stéphane,

Thanks, this has been very useful. With this help I've been able to 
locate the XML help page in my locally downloaded source code. I hope 
this will allow me to process future documetation fixes.

Regards,

Federico Miyara

On 19/11/2019 06:01, Stéphane Mottelet wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> the text is in the file:
>
> ./modules/elementary_functions/help/en_US/integer_representation/dec2base.xml
>
> I have created the commit for you there:
>
> https://codereview.scilab.org/#/c/21131/
>
> S.
>
> Le 19/11/2019 à 08:31, Federico Miyara a écrit :
>>
>> Stéphane,
>>
>> Thanks for your answer.
>>
>> I'll try, as soon as I can, to see if I'm able to go into the GIT 
>> world, but it may take much more time than your second option.
>>
>> So my next question is, how do I find the files to modify?
>>
>> Should I download the source code?
>>
>> And--this is embarrassing--I cannot track back what help page my own 
>> correction,
>>
>> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16250 
>> <https://antispam.utc.fr/proxy/1/c3RlcGhhbmUubW90dGVsZXRAdXRjLmZy/bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16250>
>>
>> refers to, and as the bug is a very unspecific typo I cannot recall it.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your patience!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Federico Miyara
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18/11/2019 06:44, Stéphane Mottelet wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Frederico,
>>>
>>> In order to*create new commits* you cannot avoid to start with 
>>> installing GIT on your computer and getting the Scilab source files 
>>> (which includes the documentation). Depending on your OS using GIT 
>>> can be a different experience, but using the command line is not a 
>>> must. For example under Windows you have https://gitforwindows.org/. 
>>> Once you have installed any flavor of GIT, the remaining 
>>> instructions are inside this Wiki https://wiki.scilab.org/gerrit
>>>
>>> If all those things are too complicated for you, just give us (for 
>>> example me or Samuel) the modified files and we will create the 
>>> commit and you will be able to edit/update it directly on 
>>> codereview.scilab.org
>>>
>>> S.
>>>
>>> Le 17/11/2019 à 23:29, Federico Miyara a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Samuel,
>>>>
>>>>>> Somebody told me I could edit the documentation by myself. I need 
>>>>>> some permission? How I can get access to edit the help pages?
>>>>>
>>>>>   * login on the CodeReview portal, with your usual (Bugzilla)
>>>>>     Scilab login and password:
>>>>>     https://codereview.scilab.org => Sign in, in the top right
>>>>>   * Contribute to an existing commit, just through the web interface.
>>>>>
>>>>> Creating new commits and managing them is (quite) more complicated 
>>>>> (at least it was, for me).
>>>>> But many contributions are possible directly with the web 
>>>>> interface, without knowing GIT,
>>>>> including editing files.
>>>>
>>>> Would you please give me some extra hints?
>>>>
>>>> I'm quite serious about starting to contribute corrections and 
>>>> improvements to some help pages, the only area where I feel 
>>>> confident that I can put my two cents for the time being (besides 
>>>> just detecting bugs).
>>>>
>>>> I've been able to login, I arrive at this page:
>>>>
>>>> https://codereview.scilab.org/#/q/status:open
>>>>
>>>> There are many open subjects, of course none of them matches the 
>>>> bug I've filed earlier:
>>>>
>>>> http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16250
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I proceed and open the first one:
>>>>
>>>> https://codereview.scilab.org/#/c/20723/
>>>>
>>>> But now I'm completely at a loss. How do I locate the help page I 
>>>> want to edit from here?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Federico Miyara
>>>>
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