How about a landscape layout? To see it on a computer screen requires scrolling unless the text is very small. And the printed version should be just as easy to use.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 9:01 AM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > Viktor Grigorov has been busily reworking the old J6.02 reference card. > The goals of the project are > * show language changes since J6.02 > * convert to LaTeX > > With the information in LaTeX, it will be easy to change font sizes and > placement. The card can then accommodate new changes, and there can be > multiple versions: perhaps a Large Type version for us old folks. > > We need your help! There are some design questions that need answering > before Viktor proceeds. He has created 3 versions of a portion of the > card: > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VwHRkL3I0R6UeqwRtntuMtgcevTk5fS5/view?usp=sharing > footnotes by paragraph > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JRuZDUU3Ij3Cq2AhvsckDu1eWdgb5SUC/view?usp=sharing > footnotes at bottom of page in 3 columns > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/10KaGw1Mudi3mm-cb5g7SI59RQ-WPvGcm/view?usp=sharing > footnotes at bottom of page in 1 column > > To take this survey, start by putting the 3 versions into whatever form > you would normally use them in: either in a window or printed on paper. > Then answer the questions. > > 1. In each document, look at a couple of tables with a footnote, and > refer to the footnotes. Which layout did you find easiest to use? > a. footnotes at bottom, 1 column > b. footnotes at bottom, 3 columns > c. footnotes below each table > > 2. What do you think of the size of the main text? > a. too small > b. about right > c. could be smaller > > 3. What do you think of the size of the footnote text? > a. too small > b. about right > c. could be smaller > > 4. What do you think of the coloration (indicating part of speech)? > a. don't like it > b. no opinion > c. like it > > 5. Consider the two tables 'Adverbs' and 'Conjunctions'. The adverb > table has a column of menmonic names, the conjunction table does not. > Are the names helpful? > a. no > b. no opinion > c. yes, for the adverbs > d. yes, and I would like to see names added for the conjunctions > e. yes, and I would like to see a mnemonic name for every primitive > > 6. In the Foreigns table, would you prefer to see the system-defined > name in addition to/instead of the m!:n value? > a. m!:n only > b. both > c. system name only > > 7. Do you have suggestions for formatting? Write them in. > > Please post responses to this Forum (or to me personally if you prefer). > > Henry Rich > > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
