Hi Adhi, On Sat, 19 May 2007 18:49:57 -0700 (PDT) Adhi Hargo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry if I don't get the gist of this conversation > (I'm new, here, anyway), but isn't converting > Chicken's manual to Texinfo format a bit waste of > time? Because the way I see it, chicken.pdf isn't > really counts as a *reference* manual: you know, the > kind of document one would print and provide within > hand's reach, or as an INFO file one would keep in an > Emacs frame while coding Scheme in another. I use MIT > Scheme's reference docs (and some of Chicken's own > source codes) for that purpose, and it suits me fine > (well, barely). > > IMHO this is the right time to start redoing the docs, > one that's sensible to be done in Texinfo, with > separate tutorial, reference, usage manual and > technical sections, one that's really decent to be > called a reference document (the kind of docs Texinfo > format is aiming at, I think). > > If anyone (with enough authority) willing to > streamline the works, deciding what kind of contents > would be included, I'm looking forward to contributing > to a section or two. I'm afraid I don't understand your point. The User's Manual looks very good to me. Can you provide more details about what you think could be improved (and how)? Best wishes, Mario _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
