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From: tom@iconsys.UUCP (Tom Kimpton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Undocumented Command & Option Key Capabilities
Message-ID: <185@iconsys.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 01:56:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: iconsys.185
Posted: Sat Oct 17 01:56:22 1987
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In article <219@ur-tut.UUCP> akk2@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Atul Kacker) writes:
>In article <1775@rti.UUCP> mct@rti.UUCP (Millard Taylor) writes:
>>
>>     The Macintosh seems to be rife with undocumented "features".
>>
>(I have noticed though that about 75% of such "features" are
> actually documented.  Most Mac users seldom read their
> documentation (if they have any ;-) from cover to cover. From
> time to time we see such "features" posted to the net followed
> by flames of the type "Hey %%^@## read the manual on page 23")
>
I would venture a guess that the reason many people don't read
their documentation cover to cover is because of the great degree
to which Macintosh programs in general adhere to the Mac users'
interface.  Once you've read a few manuals and have used the Mac
for some time it becomes relatively easy to use a new program from
scratch.  What these people want is a "diffs" file that tells
them the nitty gritty differences and peculiarity of the particular
program they are running without having to sift the chaff for
the wheat.  For instance much of what I want to know about Hypercard
is actually Hypertalk, and I find that in pages 397-597 of Goodman's
book.  And what I'd really like is a 50 page or less condensation of
that.

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