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- From: ross@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ross Hippely - Manuals)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Commodity question
- Summary: Not bad ideas
- Keywords: documentation amigaguide
- Message-ID: <38304@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 15:13:35 GMT
- References: <1993Jan2.085409.22121@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> <wanderer.03nq@tcsi.appleton.mil.wi.us> <38291@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1993Jan5.002843.46106@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Reply-To: ross@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ross Hippely - Manuals)
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1993Jan5.002843.46106@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> jamiller@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
-
- [my response to a user's documentation gripes]
-
- >I would like to make two suggestions.
- >
- >Include *ALL* relevant manuals with *ALL* machines (not just
- >"high-end" machines) in Amigaguide format & / || ascii.
-
- A nice idea indeed. Purely from a documentation standpoint, we would love to
- give every user every book. From a more "practical" (i.e. bottom-line)
- standpoint, this probably can't happen. That being said, we do fully intend
- to start producing some docs in AmigaGuide format, and that will go a long
- way toward augmenting our docs in general, and making up for any lack of
- printed docs that may be necessary.
-
- Note that dealing with the types of illustrations usually found in printed
- docs can be a serious hurdle in online docs. AmigaGuide doesn't yet (I
- think) handle graphics, and ASCII certainly doesn't.
-
- >Provide RKM's in Amigaguide or ascii format. There's nothing less
- >handy than having a computer that can search through hundreds of pages
- >of text for that discussion of that function, etc. you need and not
- >having the hundreds of pages of text in a manner the computer can
- >read.
-
- Well, I know that the Autodocs currently exist in AmigaGuide format, I believe
- on a CD-ROM. But it would be good to have everything available on CD-ROM(s).
- It's possible this is already being worked on. (CATS does the RKMs, not us.)
-
- >For the record, I though the 2.0 manual I received with my 3000 (way
- >back when) was a *great* improvment over all previous C=
- >documentation. There was a good mix of idiot-proof instructions for
- >the new user to get started with, and usable stuff. I hope ARexx docs
- >will continue to be included while C= supports it. I think the 2.0
- >documentation reflected C='s commitment to improving this fundemental
- >user support.
-
- Thanks.
-
- > HOWEVER, I'm very dissappointed to hear manuals are not
- >included with the new 1200's.
-
- You and a number of other folks...
-
- > That kind of juvenille cost cutting
- >does noone any good. I would suggest that policy change.
-
- I would too, if it were up to me ;-)
-
- >jamiller@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
- >James Miller
-
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