Hello Maarten!

What a great initiative!  We, newbies, really appreciate the effort! :)

I had a quick look at your draft and found many interesting things.  However,
I'm curious about the audience you're trying to reach.  Do you expect the
manual readers to be educators, software developers, users of Squeak
applications, or any other specific category?  I think that will really drive
the examples and the steps people will have to follow to become introduced to
the environment...

Best,

Leo


----- Original Message -----
From: "Maarten Maartensz" <maartens at xs4all.nl>
To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: User Manual


> Hello all!
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> I have started writing a User Manual for Squeak, since I think that is
> sorely needed.
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> The first part first version is done, and a html-version of it can be seen
> on my site as:
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http://www.xs4all.nl/~maartens/log_comp/User_Manual_part1_version0_in_html.htm
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> It is about 73 Kb in html, and should make quite a few things a lot easier
> for newbies, and does so in a little time.
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> Also, the html will be made available soon as Squeak project, and will be
> extended and updated soon, both in html on my site and as Squeakproject.
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> Comments and criticisms are appreciated (if rational) and will be politely
> responded to, but I'd like to receive them off-list, for I am on this list
> only as far as the digest is concerned (and don't have the time or health
> for protracted discussions with many bitstreams).
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> Also, any suggestions concerning topics to be treated are received with
> thanks and will be seriously considered at the very least. (But I do have
> my own style of writing, and my own manner of treatment. You are completely
> free to disagree, and are indeed invited to write a User Manual too, for
> the more good User Manuals the better.)
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> When I have important updates to, or corrections or extensions of my User
> Manual I will tell the list.
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> There will be some 15 or 20 parts like the present, and like the present
> these will go through several revisions before I consider them final.
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> And a message to Stephane Ducasse, en francais:
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> Merci beaucoup pour le materiel de Wolczko! Malheureusement, son these
> n'existe pas dans les bibliotheques universitaires de Pays Bas. Je n'ai pas
> le temps pour traduire votre materiel francais de Squeak (Ivan Tomek
> peut-etre?) mais je veux bien le lire, et si vous vueillez je pouvait
> donner mes remarques (en Anglais).
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> Regards,
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