Mail Archives: djgpp/2002/12/22/16:30:05
"Lars Hansen" <lars DOT o DOT hansen AT gmx DOT de> wrote in
news:au55ma$mba$1 AT news DOT online DOT de:
>> > apart from that, I would hve to study all docs o get a clear
>> > picture, how to organise things, but a good idea is a color scheme:
>> > each main theme gets a color. then the further advanced the topics
>> > withinf that theme become, the more is the color changed.
>>
>> yuck!
>
> ?
>
well, to eloborate on that extremely succinct comment, color coding complex
information tends to get out of hand very quickly (besides, what is a
natural color theme for stdlib is not necessarily so for someone else).
a good example of color coding is traffic lights. people all over the world
can easily grasp the meaning of the different colors (although, admittedly,
in Turkey drivers tend to consider traffic lights as mere suggestions, but
I digress).
with so many different categories and classes of documents, color coding
djgpp documentation would be ambiguous at best, and possibly cause migraine
headaches for others.
OTOH, the documentation already contains an excellent index (both info and
faq). As for the FAQ being a single page, that allows one to use the "find
in page" function of your browser without needing a web server. so i find
it quite handy, and i would not want to have that replaced.
>> you can try to track them down and submit the updated references to the
>> project to fix the links.
> I could, but I ...
but, see, this is your chance to make a contribution to djgpp: instead of
leaving things in limbo, you can follow through, and help fix them.
> and I won't fall (deeper) into the habit of replying to every bit now
> (you also don't have to), so there won't be an answer to all comments
> (but I might read them).
i am not sure what you are getting at here. if i see a post i want to
respond to, i will, otherwise, i won't.
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