Will your ebook on printing talk about how to feed information (such as number of pages to print) to printing dialogues?
On 7/25/05 1:17 AM, "Dan Shafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not too far off the mark, Timothy, but a little. > > When I started my Rev book "series" the idea was that i would simply > "port" my HT book to Rev and be done with it. A number of users on > the list at that time ensured me that if I did that, I'd be doing the > community a huge service. It seemed like a pretty simple undertaking > so I jumped in. > > Boy, was I wrong. Not only would a port have been impossible (thanks > in large part to the vastly richer vocabulary and power of Rev) and > unhelpful, it would have been counter-productive. I couldn't bring > myself to do that. So I ended up with a HUGE project and what I felt > was a public commitment to produce it. I dug in and did the best I > could under the circumstances. A lot of folks have kindly said good > things about what I did produce and I'm continuing to add to the > repertoire but it'll never be what's really needed. > > As I look back, I think the better course would have been to write an > intro to Rev and Transcript. As it is, my book is ONLY about > Transcript, not really about how to build things in Rev. That's a big > missing piece. I could write it but I just don't know if there's a > market for it. Frankly, total demand for the first volume was > surprisingly small (to me, not to Rev, but then they knew the numbers > and I had to guess). > > Maybe what's needed now is a comprehensive dictionary of Transcript > in hypertext form from the perspective of a developer, but I'm not > even sure how to start building something like that and feel pretty > sure I'd end up getting slammed for "regurgitating the docs" if I did. > > I'm just about to release my eBooklet on printing. What other > subjects do people want? Is a thorough overview of the IDE really > needed at this point? I gave one at RevCon West (well, not thorough; > not enough time) but not a lot of people seem interested. > > Sorry for the ramble/rant. Just trying to figure out what's most > important to do next, if anything. There are days I think I should > just shut up and go back to coding. > > > On Jul 24, 2005, at 7:22 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: > >> I sometimes wonder why Dan didn't start by writing a comprehensive >> reference. As I think about it, that's probably a no-win >> proposition for an author, because Rev's free onboard documentation >> would be a hard act to follow, even if it's not that good. And as >> soon as Rev improved its onboard documentation, the book would stop >> selling. I'd guess that's Dan's reasoning, but it's only a guess. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dan Shafer, Revolution Consultant and Author > http://www.shafermedia.com > Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" > From http://www.revolutionpros.com, Click "My Stuff" > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > | | | )_) )_) )_) )___))___))___)\ )____)____)_____)\\ _____|____|____|____\\\__ -------\ /--------- http://www.bluewatermaritime.com ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 24 hour cell: (787) 378-6190 fax: (787) 809-8426 Blue Water Maritime P.O. Box 91 Puerto Real, PR 00740 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
