mikem@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Mike Morton) (04/29/91)
As a fledgling, solo NeXT developer, I often wonder what documentation I
should have. (Besides the long promised Technical Doc from NeXT, I mean.)
For example, I spent some time yesterday figuring out that pswrap
doesn't accept some characters (such as curly quotes) in PostScript
comments. Typing "man pswrap" tells me not much except that I
should check out the pswrap Reference Manual from Adobe. Do I
really need this manual? I don't want to end up with a cluttered
bookshelf and an empty checkbook.
I'd like to compile a list of essential and not-so-essential
documentation for NeXT development. Drop me a line with a list
of what's on your bookshelf, and I'll post a summary. If you
mention a book not available in most technical bookstores, such
as manuals from a vendor, please include ordering info if you
have it. Brief reviews (readability, reference vs. learning,
applicability, etc...) would also help.
-- Mike Morton // P.O. Box 11299, Honolulu, HI 96828, (808) 676-6966 HST
Internet: mikem@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu
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P.S. By curly quotes, I mean curly double quotes, among other characters
you get with the Alternate key. I do not mean, "Moe! Larry! Cheese!".simmons@rigel.neep.wisc.edu (Kim Simmons) (04/29/91)
There are 9 technical notes on Display Postscript on the NeXT, from Adobe,
the corresponding source code for the examples, and the pswrap manual. These
can be goten by sending mail to the Adobe file server. I have most of them.
If there is any interest, i can bundle them up and place them on an archive
somewhere.
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