Manual wish list

[Tony van der Hoff]

Philip Ludlam <philip at philipnet.com> wrote in message
<ad233b5d4c.philip at philipnet.com>

> Dear All,
> 
> I was thinking earlier today that it would be more productive if each SWI
> call in the StrongHelp manual also listed the page(s) in the PRMs where
> additional information could be obtained. 

I agree. I started on such a project some years ago (and you will see the
puny outcome in the current OSLib manual). This was in the days before RISC
OS 4, and at that time there were indications that the manuals would be
re-published, thus making my efforts nugatory. It is *extremely*
labour-intensive. So I gave up :-(

However, an alternative idea that I've been toying with, and which could
possibly be automated, is to link into the HTML PRMs. But that's as far as
I've got with that idea. Not sure how StrongHelp would cope.

it would also be great if it
> could link to the SWI StrongHelp manuals (*) if relevant pages exist.
> 
> (*) i.e. the likes of OS, Wimp, Toolbox, CDFS, JPEG, MIDI, InetSWIs,
> MiscSWIs etc.
> 
Yes, it would. I guess it wouldn't be too hard, either. I'll give it some
thought.

> I know I would benefit from it.
> 

-- 
Tony van der Hoff
Buckinghamshire England