Richmond, now you're just grumbling. -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org
On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:22 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Well, that page is like most computer manual pages: written in pompous, > over-jargonised language. > > I am 100% sure that what that page actually covers up is fairly straight > forward. > > I just had a look at Danny Goodman's "The Complete HyperCard 2.2" and > realised > that its 1144 pages could be "boiled down" to about 200: one of the many > reasons > why I have never managed to read more than a page at a go. > > My wife and I have been reading through Plato's Republic recently: now > there's > a book that is easy to read, contains a lot of sense, and is still valid > about 2,500 > years after it was written. > > People who write programming guides should attend writing seminars first > and > be required to read texts that say what they have to say in a clear way > that does > not obfuscate everything with fancy words and obscure phrases. > > Richmond. > > > On 10/1/2018 10:02 pm, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: > >> Maybe it is just age… or whatever. >> >> But every time I get the idea of "maybe I might see if I will do >> something in HTML5" >> >> I go to a page like this, I start to get a headache and walk away. >> >> https://reactjs.org/docs/integrating-with-other-libraries.html >> >> BR >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
