Subject: Re: [stella] Stella Programmer's Guide Overhaul Project From: "Chad & Jennifer Hendrickson" <chadh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 20:02:26 -0500 |
> You too, tell your email program to stop sending looooong lines of text :) > Also tell it to stop sending your messages as HTML. Oops... I apoligize. It won't happen again. > > > So far, I have gone though the guide that I got from the Atari > > Documentation Depot (http://members.xoom.com/atari_docs/) and have > > been slightly cleaning it up using the suggestions given on that page. > > I also have spell checked it, reformatted it a bit, and fleshed it out > > a bit. I also wouldn't mind taking on the role of maintaining the > > document and hosting it on my web site. I want to make this the > > ultimate and most complete reference document for the Atari 2600. > > > > I have a few questions: > > > > 1) Is this a good idea? > > Having another document available certainly can't hurt, and your > converting it from a badly scanned bitmap to real text is certainly > helpful. That said, though, this document is written from a technical > documentation standpoint, not really a "how to program" viewpoint. And I > think we're already covering most of this ground in the developing FAQ. > I think you'd be better off putting your resources into a great FAQ, > rather than trying to update a document that doesn't really need it. Actually, I thought that this could go hand-in-hand with the developing FAQ. I just want it to be the most complete reference manual for the Atari 2600. > > Well... Shout out to the guys who'd be using this stuff (hi Pete Holland) > - would you rather see this guide expanded, or a concentration on making > the FAQ comprehensive? > > > 5) What would be the best (most universal) > > format for the document? Right now I am using Microsoft Word 97. > > The most universal format is of course simple plain text. Unfortunately, > that loses all the diagrams in the document - in particular, the "TV > Picture HERE" diagram really helped me when I was starting. I'd suggest > making both Word 97 and .PDF versions available, if possible. (I can > convert Word to PDF if you can't.) I may just ask you to convert it for me eventually... thanks! Chad Hendrickson -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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