[Pythonmac-SIG] How to format the documentation?

tmk tmk@dad.be
Sat, 2 May 1998 14:00:43 +0200


At 14:30 +0200 1998/04/27, Just van Rossum wrote:
>At 14:08 +0200 4/27/98, Jack Jansen wrote:
>>Folks,
>>since the mac-specific modules have been taken out of the core Python
>>documentation set I have to decide how to format the MacPython
>>library manual. I see two possibilities:
>>- Create a manual for the mac-specific portions of the library
>>  only. People will have to get the standard lib.ps (or lib.pdf or
>>  whatever) to get at the rest of the documentation.
>>- Create a customized lib.ps (.pdf, etc) that contains the
>>  documentation not only for the mac-specific modules but for all
>>  modules supported on the mac.
>>The former approach is handy for people who use Python on multiple
>>platforms, the latter for people who use Python on the mac only.
>>
>>Preferences, please?
>
>Option 1. I would imagine option 2 would be a maintenance nightmare,
>so I am wondering why you offer it to us in the first place...
>

Option 1.

= tmk =