Paul, You keep saying that you are using the program in anger. If Legacy or any program is causing you anger, then don't use it. Nobody is forcing you to use a program in anger. You claim to be a programmer, maybe you can write your own program that will not cause any anger for you.
Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Paul Richardson < pl.richards...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > We use doxygen for producing some pretty decent looking manuals for our > software products. I agree its not the easiest to use, and can be a bit > quirky at times but in the end it works and it means every time a change is > made to the software the manual reflects this change provided the > developers follow a simple set of rules. In this way the manual is always > up to date and matches the software. > > In the case of family research, its all very well collecting lots of facts > and spending lots of money in researching ancestors, storing it away in > some database, but until you publish this information in some way, either > on the internet or in a book, then no one else in your family is aware of > the extend and wealth of knowledge you've discovered and there-in lies the > crux of family history. > > I've only used 2 family history packages in anger. Generations which is no > more and Legacy. I bought Legacy because of the reviews which indicated it > was the best of all of them at producing reports, but the issues I have > found by trying to use it in anger has left me wondering that if this is > the best, then there's a heck of long way to go. > > Based on my recent experiences I think I'll submit some of the issues > encountered to the Legacy developers. > > regards > Paul > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Mike Fry <emjay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 2013/11/20 03:14, Paul Richardson wrote: >> >> > I'm not keen on generating pdfs or rtfs and then re-editing docs. after >> all >> > what's the point of the publishing center if thats what you have to >> resort to. I >> > also work as a software engineer and I'm used to using tools that >> generate >> > manuals from basic text and information in the code, so if we can do >> this for >> > the software industry I'd have though it could have been done in Legacy >> as well. >> >> For the price, what you get with Legacy is cheap. If you want something a >> bit >> more professional-looking, the solution is going to cost you money that >> you >> could probably better spend on more research. >> >> As for your throw-away comment concerning tools within software for >> generating >> documentation... I'm also a developer and the general-purpose tools >> built-in to >> development software are in my opinion, largely, a piece of crap! There is >> nothing that couldn't be improved with the judicious use of a good >> Technical Writer. >> >> Same goes for Legacy. If you want something that looks good, you have to >> do some >> extra work to achieve it. Legacy is never going to write your books for >> you. All >> it can do is lift the basic information out of the database in a >> semi-presentable form that can be further manipulated. After all, the main >> raison-d'etre for Legacy is the database and the recording of facts >> discovered >> through research. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Mike Fry >> Johannesburg (g) >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
