OSLib 6.70 released

[Erik Groenhuis]

On 5 Aug 2004 Erik Groenhuis wrote:

> On 4 Aug 2004 Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> 

[snip: !Run and SetVars]

> > I feel it is better to keep the README to a minimum. If there's too much in
> > it, at best people get confused; at worst they don't read it.
> 
> A valid point, but a tricky balance. Now you have explained how it is
> intended to work, I concede.

Looking back, the !ReadMe *does* mention the setting of the variables by
double-clicking the !OSLib directory. It does so in the large
information block headed "Directory structure".

This is exactly the effect you feared: people who want to get down to
the business of building (like me) turn directly to the section headed
"Building OSLib under RISC OS [or Unix/Linux]", and skip the extra
information in the previous section.

So I still want to suggest changing:

  To build OSLib "out of the box", under RISC OS, all that is necessary is to
double-click on the 'Make'  TaskObey, which will look after the  entire build
process and place a distributable OSLib in the 'release' sub-directory.

To something like:

  To build OSLib "out of the box" under RISC OS, first double-click
!OsLib. This will set various environment variables and open the
directory. Next, all that is necessary is to double-click on the 'Make'
TaskObey, which will look after the entire build process and place a
distributable OSLib in the 'release' sub-directory.

if only for didactic effect.
-- 
Erik Groenhuis http://www.xs4all.nl/~erikgrnh
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