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- From: "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de>
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 15:33:41 +0100
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- Subject: Re: Update to Native Developer Kit 3.1: Request for ideas
- Message-ID: <13213655@sourcery.han.de>
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- In Article <4gcmih$6d5@apoll.informatik.uni-bonn.de>, Andreas Malerz <malerz@zeus.informatik.uni-bonn.de> wrote:
- > Osma Ahvenlampi (Osma.Ahvenlampi@hut.fi) wrote:
- > : In article <13213639@sourcery.han.de> "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de> writes:
- > : > Somebody is working on a WinHelp-format DataType. Still I don't think it's
- > : >such a good idea to put several different autodoc format files on the NDK disks.
- > : >A setup program or script that will generate the format from the text-only
- > : >autodocs would -- in my opinion -- be the better solution.
- >
- > : Disks? You're saying I won't be able to get a CD? This is the
- > : nineties.. Be, Inc. is shipping on average a CD per two months to it's
- > : <1000 dev base containing a new version of the OS and updated
- > : documentation.
- >
- > I don't have the NDUK 3.1, but for me it is very important to have the docs
- > written on paper. An easy way would be if you provide a dvi-file, which can
- > easily print out.
- >
- > If you do this, lots of poor developpers need not buy the expensive books,
- > which is not bad at all, since more developpers would be able to get written
- > docs.
-
- Frankly, I never saw the point of making the autodocs and reference tables
- available in the form of a book. I very much preferred the electronic form.
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