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Article #3551Re: Docs for 16-bit calls are wrong.
From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:25
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:25
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In article <22JAN199316214660@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov> smbrush@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Andy Brush @Sverdrup) writes: >Along the same topic, I have found several errors in the programming guide >and API reference sections of the "Technical Library", for which I paid >$299. I wish IBM would provide the required update to this set in the form >of a (very inexpensive) CD, containing both INF and printable versions of >the manuals. >By "printable", I mean "capable of printing manual sections, including >indexes, exactly as they appear in the latest paper text furnished by IBM". >Clearly, the VIEW system's very limited print support will not do the trick >. >This seems like a very reasonable request, to me. I am also passing this >request to IBM's DAP, by paper mail (I don't use Compu$erve), since there >is no address for reporting errors given in the printed manuals. Good idea. Note that the Guide to Interface Design and Advanced Interface Design Reference books have comment forms in the back. You can probably photocopy these, cross out the information at the top (about the manual title and publication number), replace it with the information for the manual you are commenting on, include your comments, then send the form in. -- Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, available from sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info Dept. of Econ., Univ. | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP") of Chicago, 60637 | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!uchinews!ellis!sip1 From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) Subject: Re: Docs for 16-bit calls are wrong. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.232516.1203@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago References: <AfKWq2600Uh7A4pmZb@andrew.cmu.edu> <1993Jan20.040752.20079@netcom.com> <22JAN199316214660@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:25:16 GMT Lines: 28