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Conference vaxuum::document_ft

Title:DOCUMENT T1.0
Notice:**New notesfile (DOCUMENT.NOTE) now available (see note 897)**
Moderator:CLOSET::ADLER
Created:Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:897
Total number of notes:4397

230.0. "DOCUMENT Pocket Reference Guide?" by COOKIE::JOHNSTON () Thu Apr 09 1987 13:35

Any plans to provide a pocket reference guide to DOCUMENT tags?

This would be very handy.


Rose
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230.1An appendix now, a pocket guide later.VAXUUM::CORMANFri Apr 10 1987 11:478
    Right now, we don't have plans to produce a pocket reference
    (we just have plans to make it through to Version 1! :-]  )
    However, we've created a handy-dandy appendix to the User's Guide,
    Part 1, that's a list of all tags, the doctype to which they belong,
    and a 1-2 line explanation or each. The appendix will be out with
    the Field Test Update documentation.
    A pocket reference *would* be ideal...it's already on the wishlist.
    Barbara
230.2COOKIE::WITHERSLe plus ca change...Fri Apr 10 1987 13:3940
Since I pestered Rose into  asking for the pocket guide, I might as well
state what I was looking for...something like this

Tag			Args			Common		related
name	        				terminator   	tags
   .
   .
   .
<LIST>(kwd[\attr])	kwds:			<ENDLIST>	<LE>
			ALPHABETIC
			   .
			   .
			   .
			attr:
			start-letter
			   .
			   .
			   .
   .
   .
   .
<NOTE>(arg)		arg:HEADING-TEXT	<ENDNOTE>	<NOTES>
   .
   .
   .
<P>			none			none		<CP>
								   .
								   .
							       	   .
								<RIGHT_LINE>


As far as I'm concerned, you really don't even need a textual description
of what the tag does, as long as all tags are named intuitively (speaking
of which, is there a full-length tag that corresponds to <p>?).

Also, note that NOTES is not documented.

BobW

230.3We could all use this -- let's pitch in!38299::THERIAULTThu Apr 23 1987 11:2913
    If any of your faithful users have scribbled down some notes or
    partially-compiled some of this information, they could post a pointer
    for the rest of us -- and maybe save you poor under-the-gun developers
    some work.  Maybe if you post "the" format in which to do this,
    we could split the job among the numerous volunteers from this
    conference's readership who'd rush to help, recognizing that the
    tiny sacrifice on their part would save them lots of thumbing-through-
    manuals time, just as soon as the multitude of contributors had their
    pieces ready...
    
    (not sarcastic) Dan
    
    (I already have *some* stuff on index cards...)