atom-beautify/CONTRIBUTING.md

# Contributing

## New Issues, Bugs, Questions, etc

Before creating any new Issues, please be sure to search through the existing Atom Beautify Issues at https://github.com/Glavin001/atom-beautify/issues

1. Generate your debugging information:  
  1a. In the Atom [command-palette](https://atom.io/packages/command-palette), 
search for and run the command `Atom Beautify: Help Debug Editor`. 
The debugging results will be shown in a new Atom text editor tab.  
  1b. Create a new Gist at https://gist.github.com/  
  1c. Create a file in your new Gist called `debug.md`.  
  1d. Paste your debugging results from Atom beautify into `debug.md` file in your Gist.  
2. Create a [new GitHub Issue for Atom Beautify](https://github.com/Glavin001/atom-beautify/issues/new).
3. Copy a link to your new Gist into the new GitHub Issue for Atom Beautify.
4. Describe your issue / bug.
5. Submit your new GitHub Issue and wait patiently. 
If you have any additional / new information to add, please feel free to comment on that Issue and provide more helpful information.

## Help Improving Atom Beautify By Changing Source Code

See https://github.com/Glavin001/atom-beautify/blob/master/docs/add-languages-and-beautifiers.md for current documentation on adding support for new languages and beautifiers to Atom Beautify.