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== Writing Guidelines ==
== Writing Guidelines ==
=== Language Guidelines ===
Qt documentation adheres to the [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/ Microsoft Style Guide]. The documentation follows American English grammar and spelling.


The [[ Language Guidelines]] page provides further information about idioms and usage, punctuation and grammar issues.
The Qt Writing Guidelines can with creating and editing Qt documentation. We adhere to it for consistency and to create a singular voice. We also follow the QUIP system and follow the requirements regarding examples and images.
 
Vale is a recommended tool for documentation writing. See [[Setting Up Vale]].
 
=== API Documentation ===
We document Qt APIs in the sources and use '''''QDoc''''' to generate the HTML for the doc.qt.io site and an offline version for Qt Creator.
C++ and QML documentation follow a similar style, but there are differences. See the following pages for documenting APIs.
*[https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtwritingstyle-cpp.html C++ Documentation Style]
*[https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtwritingstyle-qml.html QML Documentation Style]
For designing APIs, visit the following pages
*[[API Design Principles]]
 
=== Examples ===
Visit the following pages for creating and documenting examples.
*[[ExamplesDocumentationStyle| Examples and Tutorials Style]]
*[[QDocExamples | Integrating Examples]]
*[[Qt6/Example-Guideline]]
 
 
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== Getting Help with Editing ==
== Getting Help with Editing ==

Revision as of 14:46, 14 November 2024


Qt documentation is written by a small global team of technical writers and developers working at The Qt Company, complemented by a number of contributors from other parts of the Qt community. Since different parts of Qt are developed in different locations, writers with expertise in a particular area are typically co-located with the developers of that area.

Qt's technical writers are also responsible for many of the examples provided with Qt and related projects. However, the demonstrations provided with these projects are typically created by developers, and these are often not intended to be documented or supported by the Qt documentation team.

The documents in this category aim to cover the many aspects of Qt documentation creation, including the process we use to accept contributions from other community members.

Documentation Snapshots

Currently, Qt documentation is hosted online at:

Also, when installing a version of Qt and Qt Creator, an offline documentation set of that particular release is included.

Setting Up for Documentation Writing

Here are the basic steps to help you get started contributing to the Qt documentation:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the development process. In particular, the process of contributing code.
  2. Create a Jira account and set up your Gerrit environment.
  3. Download the Qt sources.
  4. Read the page regarding code reviews.
  5. Start by contributing small fixes. Don't hesitate to ask for help!

Qt's documentation tool is QDoc. QDoc scans through the source and generates HTML pages regarding the classes, enums, QML types, and other parts of the reference documentation. It is possible to create a documentation set for Qt modules and tools.

Writing Guidelines

The Qt Writing Guidelines can with creating and editing Qt documentation. We adhere to it for consistency and to create a singular voice. We also follow the QUIP system and follow the requirements regarding examples and images.

Getting Help with Editing

The process for submitting a documentation patch is the same as for source code. For more information, read the Code Reviews page.

For documentation reviews, you may add the following for reviews:

Qt Oslo - Qt Reference Documentation and QDoc:

Qt Berlin - Qt Tools (Qt Creator, Qt Assistant, and others), Foundations team

Qt Oulu - Qt Products

  • Esa Törmänen (Qt for MCU documentation)
  • Inkamari Harjula (Boot2Qt documentation)
  • Johanna Vanhatapio (Qt Design Studio documentation)
  • Mats Honkamaa (Qt Design Studio documentation)
  • Nicholas Bennet (Platform documentation)
  • Pranta Dastider (Qt Design Studio documentation)
  • Teea Põldsam (Qt Design Studio and Qt License Server documentation)

Also, the following people can help with English and technical reviews:

Filing Documentation Issues

Anybody with a Jira account may file a bug. For documentation bugs, please file the issue and fill in the Component field with Documentation and the relevant Qt library or tool. The process of fixing code bugs also apply to documentation issues.

Before filing an issue, please check that it has not already been fixed in a later version of the documentation. The latest documentation snapshots are at doc-snapshots.qt.io

Modular Qt Documentation

The organization and development of modular Qt documentation is covered in another wiki: Qt5DocumentationProject

Documentation Structure

The Qt Documentation Structure page provides information about the structure of the documentation.

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