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From: vinsci@nic.funet.fi (Leonard Norrgard)
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Subject: Re: Make the 2.0 RKM's right!
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Date: 5 Feb 91 18:02:24 GMT
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In-Reply-To: 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu's message of 3 Feb 91 23:38:41 GMT

In article <1991Feb03.233841.23999@hoss.unl.edu> 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (CS 231 section 2) writes:
   BEFORE the 2.0 RKM's come out, they should fix them RIGHT!

   Attention RKM dudes:
      Add the DOS.library commands to the Includes and AutoDocs, and give examples
   in the Libraries & devices book!

Also, please add error condition tests to the programs so that they
fully and completely follow the Amiga programming guidelines. One of
the more irritating phases of being an Amiga programmer is to see C-A
break the rules while demanding that developers follow them (compare
cut/copy/paste in 2.0: it doesn't use the system clipboard (you ought
to hear their explanation why...)).

   I don't want to go out a buy a LAME DOS manual with only 6 pages of useful
   information in it (and meager at that!)

The DOS manual is Bantam stuff; might be hard to transfer the DOS book
to Addison-Wesley...  I'd be happy to see it happen though, so the DOS
docs could be included in the RKM.

   Phil Dietz

-- Leonard