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Article #17814Re: Finder improvements (really Apple docs gripe)
From: Larry Rosenstein
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1987 16:58
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1987 16:58
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In article <451@umbc3.UMD.EDU> chris@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Chris Schanzle) writes:
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>Now this is EXACTLY what I hate about Apple's distribution of updated
>software. I certainly have had a use for these features, but I have NEVER
>SEEN THESE DOCUMENTED. Perhaps they have been, but the existance of
>the documentation and how to get it isn't well known. Why doesn't Apple
>include a text file with updates listing all *special* command, option,
>shift and all the combinations with their updates? (Obviously we don't
This has been done on the last couple of releases. There is an application
called TeachText that is a simple text editor with graphics. Information
about the releases has been in a read-only file called README also on the
disks (in the Updates folder).
The problem may be that people don't get the complete set of files (perhaps
because they download them from an on-line service).
--
Larry Rosenstein
Object Specialist
Apple Computer
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!pyramid!voder!apple!lsr From: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Finder improvements (really Apple docs gripe) Message-ID: <1419@apple.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Aug-87 12:58:24 EDT Article-I.D.: apple.1419 Posted: Mon Aug 3 12:58:24 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Aug-87 04:57:44 EDT References: <19906@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <4524@nsc.nsc.com> <2606@husc6.UUCP> <451@umbc3.UMD.EDU> Reply-To: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) Organization: Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer Lines: 26