[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] Standards

TRL3@PSUVM.BITNET (12/04/89)

I have always wondered why, with so many standards available (e.g. .GIF for
bit-mapped graphics, .ARC for archiving, UUENCODE for safe binary transfers),
a standard for documentation files has never developed.  Nearly all of the
doc files I have ever received (that were formatted) I have had to manually
edit to print correctly on my printers.  At times, I have even had to remake
a Table of Contents or Index for docs that were really important to me.

Has anyone given any thought to this?  Good documentation really needs to
be formatted for easier reading, and an adequate TOC/index is by definition
a part of good documentation.

Any comments?

-Tim Larson
trl3@psuvm.bitnet
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