Index: applications/editors/josm/plugins/mappaint/styles/standard/elemstyles.xml
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--- applications/editors/josm/plugins/mappaint/styles/standard/elemstyles.xml	(revision 2787)
+++ applications/editors/josm/plugins/mappaint/styles/standard/elemstyles.xml	(revision 2796)
@@ -1,2 +1,16 @@
+<!--
+a little help:
+1. every rule starts with <rule> and ends with </rule>
+2. every rule needs a condition
+3. line attributes
+		- width absolute width in pixel in every zoom level
+		- realwidth relative width which will be scaled in meters, integer
+		- colour
+4. area attributes
+		- colour
+5. amenity attributes
+		- icon path to icon , relative from where this file is
+-->
+
 <rules>
 <!-- highway tags -->