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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Tech Notes
Message-ID: <36098@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 1 Nov 89 02:37:49 GMT
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In article <411@iconsys.UUCP> tom@iconsys.UUCP (Tom Kimpton) writes:
>
>I'll probably be embarrassed to find out (not having RTFM)
>that it already exists, but wouldn't it be nice if the
>Tech Note stack had an update button that would prompt
>you for a folder containing new editions of the Tech
>Notes, as they come from Apple, and would then update
>all the pertinent notes and import the new notes?
>

This idea (an updater stack) has been in the original plan and is still
in the works.  We had decided to wait on a stable version of the stack,
and neither 3.0 nor 3.1 was that (in the sense that they weren't likely
to change--witness the changes from 3.0 to 3.1).  We are about ready to
release 3.2 in November with all the Notes through October 1989 and a
few highly requested features.  If all goes well, we'll aim the updater
at 3.2 as it won't change much unless you keep requesting things that
can be done to it.  We will be trying to get these updates out within
2 weeks of the paper Notes (if not at the same time).  Hope this helps.


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