[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers documentation

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 12:42:22PM -0400, Fred Drake wrote:
> The current state of the OpenLayers documentation has been a
> significant issue in trying to develop even a simple mapping
> application, at least in my own experience (admittedly, I'm a complete
> noob to GIS/mapping/OpenLayers).
> 
> The biggest issue is just that many descriptions of object properties
> and methods are missing or horribly brief.
> 
> What's the best way to contribute improvements to the documentation
> such that someone with more knowledge and experience will review
> suggested changes?

The API documentation is written in the code, so the best way to improve
the docs is to prepare a patch in the same way that you would for any
other code modification:

http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/CreatingPatches

Obviously, you can skip the 'write tests' step, but other than that,
it's all pretty much the same.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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