Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!mjohnson
From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: APDA on a disk
Message-ID: <32086@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 31 May 89 18:45:33 GMT
References: <31042@apple.Apple.COM> <2602@phred.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <2602@phred.UUCP> jimo@phred.UUCP (Jim Osborn) writes:
>keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:
>>..."Developer Helper:Phil & Dave's Excellent CD"...
>>It contains many tools, programs, and files...
>>I would like to start a discussion about how people would like
>>to see the documentation handled:
>
>Since we're talking about PROGRAMMING aids here, wouldn't it be nice
>if we could look at (and print) them with the text editor we use
>while we're programming?  That ain't MS Word, or MacWrite, or any
>of those fancy things.  I use either the Think C editor or emacs,
>and find it a real pain whenever documentation forces me elsewhere.

We put as much as we could (time permitting) into TEXT format.  That is
where you get things like the Technical Notes Stack and the Sample Code
files (and Sample Code Notes).  Since most of the information does not
originate in plain ASCII, we have to convert it then maintain separate
versions.  We're doing what we can, but you can only do so much with
caffeine and 10 fingers.  We'll keep working on it though.


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