From b813a086b1c225dd97404f301191969e3a2617ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Percival Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:55:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Doc: CG: add a brief explanation of why the docs have source and git. --- Documentation/contributor/doc-work.itexi | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/contributor/doc-work.itexi b/Documentation/contributor/doc-work.itexi index 17780a1f36..0ca1fcb5b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/contributor/doc-work.itexi +++ b/Documentation/contributor/doc-work.itexi @@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ @node Documentation work @chapter Documentation work +There are currently 11 manuals for LilyPond, not including the +translations. Each book is available in HTML, PDF, and info. The +documentation is written in a language called @code{texinfo} -- +this allows us to generate different output formats from a single +set of source files. + +To organize multiple authors working on the documentation, we use a +Version Control System (VCS) called git, previously discussed in +@ref{Starting with git}. + @menu * Introduction to documentation work:: * Documentation suggestions:: -- 2.39.2