Re: [Tads3] Eric Eve's Getting Started guide

[Doeadeer3@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/13/2003 5:40:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, versim@hotmail.com writes:


> There's a general answer to this question, but I can only respond for 
> myself. I personally can't stand PDF. That the DM4 is in PDF is just another 
> reason inform sucks (in my largely uninformed opinion).


I personally second this, I can't stand PDF either. I prefer HTML. PDF on my computer prints out well, but it's bloated so viewing it electronically is slow and it does not paginate well, and all kinds of other things. Mainly the slowness drives me crazy. It does not make a good electronic reference. And the Inform manual I LOVED was the one (DM3, IIRC) that someone converted to a Windows Help File. I used it all the time, because someone went to a lot of trouble working on the hyperlinks -- cross referencing everything. This could be done in HTML, but with a lot of work.

OTOH, Eric, sorry I haven't had time to look at your getting started guide much yet. Maybe I can give you some feedback in a month or so. I think it's great you did it, are doing it, and I am sure it will probably need some revision as T3 evolves, so maybe some feedback later will still help.

Later, Doe