I would agree with this. I really don't like reading long documents on a computer screen. Electronic versions are pretty useful for searching.
While we're on the topic of printing - it would be nice if in the future there was a printable quick reference card available for Ant. I've opened the documentation innumerable times just to look up a single attribute name. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 10:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: AW: New manual organization - printing is sometimes useful > > > Actually, I hate to admit it, but I plan to print out one copy > (double-sided!) of the Ant manual myself when 1.3 ships. > There are times > when it's easier to read or look up things in a plain old > book (when you're > away from your computer without a laptop; when you already > have too many > windows open), and some people just have a hard time reading > online doc due > to vision or accessibility problems. > > So of course, I'd love it if the Ant team could whip up > prettily-printable > HTML versions of the whole manual, as well as a nifty PDF > option, and even > include a copier card attached in the announcement email when > they release > the final build. But given the huge effort they've already > gone through to > produce such an awesome product, I'm happy with what we have now. 8-) > > - Shane > ---- you "Christoph Wilhelms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ---- > > Who wants to print an 100+ pages document? It is more > useful to print > single > > task-docs, guides and how-to's, IMHO. If we want a really printable > Ant-Doc > > we should provide a set of .pdf-files! No need at the > moment, or what do > > think? > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
