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From: daw@houxs.UUCP (David Wolverton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Inside Mac
Summary: agree
Message-ID: <1031@houxs.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 88 22:27:43 GMT
References: <19358@apple.Apple.COM> <234@lloyd.camex.uucp> <360@ivucsb.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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In article <360@ivucsb.UUCP>, steve@ivucsb.UUCP (Steve Lemke) writes:
> In article <1027@houxs.UUCP> daw@houxs.UUCP (David Wolverton) writes:
> }EVERY PAGE should have a unique, unambiguous "serial" number
> }printed on it.
> }
> Do they really need some "serial" number?  I agree that a page numbering
> scheme needs to be thought out, but that could just be something like
> "section.sub-section.page.addon" where "section" is perhaps the toolbox
> manager section number, the "sub-section" might be a certain command
> procedure, the "page" number would be the original page number, and the
> "addon" would be for future additions between pages (where the actual
> pages involved didn't need to be reprinted, although if it became necessary
> for "addon.addon" (etc.) then the sub-section might better be reprinted (and
> renumbered as well) and distributed.
> 
> It seems to me that if the date is printed on each page, then it shouldn't
> be any big deal to determine which page is "new" and which page is "old".
> Also, a list could be distributed of pages and the corresponding "dates" of
> their last revision.  Then you would know which of your pages are out of
> date, so to speak.  In fact, the table of contents could have the latest
> dates of each section and sub-section.

Sigh.  I guess I wasn't clear enough.  All I'm asking is that it be possible
to unambiguously determine the vintage of each page, and to unambiguously
list all the pages in what is the "current set of pages" at any point in time.

Dave Wolverton