Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!keith
From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Think C kudos (obscure neat things Symantec did)
Message-ID: <34598@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 8 Sep 89 18:46:36 GMT
References: <34593@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
Lines: 36

In article <34593@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>This is a truly obscure kudos to Symantec on Think C 4.0, but it's something
>I noticed when I started reading the new documentation and it's an
>indication of how much detail is going into the product.
>
>The Think C documentation in 4.0 uses the new Ottabind binding technology.
>
>So what? I hear you ask?
>
>Ottabind is a relatively new way of binding trade paperbacks. It is somewhat
>more expensive than the traditional perfect binding technique normally used,
>and it reduces the number of volumes than can be bound per hour. 
>
>The *advantage* of Ottabind is that you can finally take a paperback and lay
>it flat without using paperweights or breaking the spine of the book. Try
>it: open the Think C book on the table. It lays flat (take a look at the way
>the cover is bound onto the back spine of the book and compare it to other
>computer manuals, you'll see what I mean).

Unfortunately, I have the opposite feelings about this, Chuq. First of all, I
think that they used the same technique on their 3.0 manuals. It looks that
way to me. But also, the binding tends to fall apart on me. The cover becomes
separated from the rest of the book, and it looks like it's all torn apart.

I agree that it's nice that they took the time and care to do this nice 
binding. But I'm just wondering what shape my manuals would be in if I had 
the luxury of using Think C more often than I do right now (I'm in the
unenviable postion of supporting MPW and MacApp in DTS, and spend most of my
time in that).

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Rollin  ---  Apple Computer, Inc.  ---  Developer Technical Support
INTERNET: keith@apple.com
    UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith
"Argue for your Apple, and sure enough, it's yours" - Keith Rollin, Contusions