[News] New AmigaOS 4.0 ROM Kernal Reference Manuals in the works! | ANN.lu |
Posted on 24-Apr-2002 16:18 GMT by P Ericson | 86 comments View flat View list |
In a recent interview with Hyperion Software, we're told that Olaf "Olsen" Barthel is working on new ROM Kernal Reference Manuals for AmigaOS 4.0! [The "RKRM" books are the official and prime development documentation/tutorial for AmigaOS developers] As some readers of Amiga Network News may already know, Mr Barthel has previously compiled the Amiga Developer's CD.
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Posted by IanG on 25-Apr-2002 09:47 GMT | When I'm coding I don't want to wade through some cumbersome program just to read a bit of text for reference. The AmigaGuide docs as supplied on the Dev CD are ideal for the purpose as they are fast to load, fast to use, and to the point.
PDFs are excellent to print from, but are otherwise slow and annoying when you want a quick reference. HTML is completely inapproriate, IMHO, as web browsers tend to be slow and it would encourage people to add pictures, JS effects, etc, which detract from the 99% text-based info which we actually want.
It is probably also worth pointing out that the AmigaGuide docs are auto-generated from a text file format. This eases maintenance. If ppl want other formats, write a tool to convert this text format into HTML, PDF, etc. |
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