Re: XPost: anyone know where can i download...DiaN and LiaN

[Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions]

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At 5:51 AM -0400 09/29/00,  "Raru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>So far, do U have plan to update books for new edition to cover Director 8
>features and new Director 8 lingo. Because the "Lingo in Nutshell" only
>cover upto Director 6  Lingo and "Director in Nutshell only conver upto
>Director 7 features. Macromedia already released new version of Director 8.
>Even though now also these books have many valuable resource and personally
>my favorite books too and by which I steps toward director.  So, my wish to
>get your new edition book soon. Please respond any information about it.

Thank you for your interest in updated versions.

The short answer is: I'd love to revise the books, but I have a number of
other projects that have taken priority over it for now. I hope to revise
them as soon as I am able. Sadly, many publishers simply put a new cover on
their books and claim that it is updated for the latest version (while the
contents haven't changed at all). O'Reilly prefers to republish books only
when there have been significant changes warranting a true revision.
Details follow:

The latest (and only) version of LiaN covers up through D6.5 but much of
the material
transcends any specific version of Director. No formal announcement about
an updated revision has been made. It could easily be many, many months before
any revision is available so the first edition of LiaN is still your best
bet until further notice. Feel free to drop me a line in another few months at
which point a release date may be clearer.

I've written some extensive articles about the D7/D8 dot syntax on my site at:

http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/dotsyntax.html

And most of the D7.0.2 Lingo is covered in DiaN as described at

http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/d7.html

There haven't been a ton of changes between D7.0.2 and D8 as far as Lingo
is concerned, but I will be including information about those changes in
the revised version of LiaN when I have time. The major changes off the top
of my head include:

 New Imaging Lingo
 New Sound control Lingo
 Linked Lingo scripts
 Timer objects

A revised version of LiaN would contain details on the changes that pertain to
the material covered in that book. The material on the sound commands and
imaging Lingo, which are more the purview of DiaN will most likely end up
as tech notes on my site until DiaN is revised.

There are no immediate plans to revise DiaN because it is current for
D7.0.2, and again, there were not many changes between D7.0.2 and D8.
Certainly 99% of both books remains completely relevant for the latest
version of the software. That said, we are certainly expecting to revise
both books at some point, although not in the immediate future.

For those who have upgraded already, the best source of current information
is the daily discussion groups, such as this one, cited at
http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/links.html

Again, I thank you for your inquiry and look forward to your feedback and
suggestions for the next revision.

Regards,
Bruce

Bruce Epstein, Zeus Productions, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 732-940-2800
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