jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall) (03/23/89)
OK, you can stop with the votes now. Sheesh! Boy, did a lot of you crawl out of the woodwork. Now I know how Brad Templeton feels every doggone day ... If you haven't expressed an opinion yet, please don't do so ... my mailbox hurts. I've got a more than adequate sample size on which to base my decisions, anyway. (Thanks for your consideration ...) At first glance, the MS Word/MacWrite question seems to be running pretty close. I won't tally the results for a few days, though. Some of the more constructive suggestions have included: 1) A TeachText version (several people have suggested this) 2) Make it as object-oriented as possible. While this may not be practical at this time (given the lack of MacApp users, and given that the C++ compiler isn't available yet), this is definitely the wave of the future on the Mac and most other computing environments. HOW we might implement this objective is another matter entirely. 3) Distribute source separately, in usable form. Test it WELL beforehand. I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. That's what the reviewers are for. I do not have a definite timetable for this project in mind. (I have enough deadlines at work, mind you.) The first thing we'll need, though, is a set of submission guidelines and coding standards -- although, as I've said, I will happily take submissions NOW. (Binhex it and mail it, regardless of what it is. I don't want un-binhexed source code.) If any of you have COMPLETE standards documents for Pascal or C coding, I would be interested in seeing them. I have a reasonable amount of experience in this area, and I've already seen quite a few suggestions from you folks, I'd rather not read more comments re standards documents UNTIL the draft standard is posted. BUT, again, if you have a complete standard that you can e-mail (or USnail), I'll happily inspect it. In particular, I'd like to see a couple of Pascal standards. Thanks for the growing interest and the enormous amount of mail (gosh, certainly does make one feel appreciated!). The vote tally will appear around the first of next week. Reviewers and submitters can expect a trial mailing later next week. -- v v sssss|| joseph hall || 201-1D Hampton Lee Court v v s s || jnh@ece-csc.ncsu.edu (Internet) || Cary, NC 27511 v sss || the opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of my -----------|| employer, north carolina state university . . . . . . . . . . .
ted@hpwrce.HP.COM ( Ted Johnson) (03/24/89)
>Given the resources available to the UseNet in general, why not write a little >application (a DA, perhaps?) to display the manual in styled TextEdit--for I disagree. DA's are supposed to have problems in future System releases, and not very many of us have enough memory to effectively use MultiFinder.... -Ted