Fraser Jackson wrote: > I think the policy of only having key parts of the documentation on the > Wiki is totally unsatisfactory for many users. > > In March the issue was raised in this forum, but Chris replied that he > did not want duplication. Well if you cannot access the web, or for > some reason web access is very slow then it is essential to have some > local copies. The previous solution of having Project Manager, Grid and > Plot docs in the User Documentation was fine.
I disagree that the previous solution was fine. In the old days, user documentation was often incomplete and out of date. Updates from the community had to be routed through us, and wait for the next release before becoming available to all. The script library and accompanying documentation are areas where the community can contribute directly to the system. The wiki, JAL and the SVN repositories allow everyone to do this without involving us. I think this works much better than before. What Oleg has done for Plot should be adequate for other major parts of the system. However, it would be nice to be able to snapshot the entire wiki for offline use - it is an open question on how best to do this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
