Re: Pgm to increase point size -Reply

[Steve Crutchfield SCRUTCH@xxxxxxxx]

XyWrite's documentation isn't that bad. I've found that one
simply has to be patient and comb through the manuals. There
are lots of goodies in there that don't show up in the index. I
guess that's why manuals so often have pages listed as "This
Page Intentionally Left Blank" or "Notes". My XyWin manual is
full of scribbled notes.

If you want really BAD documentation, try XyWrite II.

≫> Phil Smith  04/02/97 07:39am
≫>
>
> 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