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Re: Pgm to increase point size



In a message dated 97-03-31 05:54:45 EST, Harry B. writes: > > ≪ Is there any way you could document all this stuff?!! Seems like we peons > are working with only half the power of Xy4. ≫ > > I'd love to if: (1) I had the time; (2) I could be sure what *wasn't* > documented. I suspect that a lot of this stuff is in the manuals somewhere, > but I also admit that we were developing new commands on the fly as we needed > them, sometimes right up to ship date. Problem is, sometimes I don't know > what I know until somebody asks! > > Aside: I don't know who did the original docs for III+; I do know the woman > who headed up the doc effort for Signature/Xy4/XyW. She is a skilled, > intelligent woman who was asked to do too much with too few resources on a > too-tight schedule. I've seen, read, and even indexed lots of other > documentation (Lotus, Symantec, etc.), and XY4 isn't as bad as some. > > Tim Baehr > tbaehr@xxxxxxxx > I'm sure Xy4's documentation isn't bad at all. My earlier comment was meant to point up how GOOD Xy3's was. Xy4's documentation is, as far as I am concerned, #2 on the list, behind excellent Xy3's and ahead of all other documentation. Phil Smith Columbia Music Company