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From: zuhn@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (David D "Zoo" Zuhn)
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Subject: Re: The USENET Macintosh Programmer's Guide
Keywords: Programming Guide
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Date: 18 Mar 89 00:33:12 GMT
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In article <3966@ece-csc.UUCP> jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall) writes:
>
>I would envision distributing the Guide (whenever it's in a more-or-less
>final draft form) in binhexed MS Word format.  MacWrite is a possiblity,
>too, but it seems to me that Word has probably become an acceptable lowest
>common denominator.  Again, email your comments to me.  Perhaps a plain
>text version could be distributed as well.
>
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The common denominator among all programmers is TEXT files. Many people do
NOT like to use MS word for many reasons.  Let plain ascii text files be
the major medium here.  That way it is accessible in any of the popular
packages (just open up McSink or a edit window in MPW/LS[PC] etc).

 
David D "Zoo" Zuhn //    University of Minnesota      \\ Twin Cities
          Computer Science Systems Consultant, EE/CS 4-204
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