Re: [mv] IF tag: [if session login] doesn't work?

[Ed LaFrance <newmedia@newmediaems.com>]

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I'll join in, and insert my two cents here.  I think that the content of 
the docs is actually pretty good, and overall quite thurough.  Of course 
there are omissions and vague spots...like every set of docs I have ever seen.

In many of the list postings, in which people complain about not having 
information, it often turns out that they do have it (in the docs, FAQ, Tag 
Ref, etc), they are just not FINDING it, because they are not looking in 
the right place - which is often not the most obvious place.  I usually 
have to look in more than one spot to find the explanation or example I 
need.  Sometimes I do a text search of the entire docs to find all 
instances of a term or phrase.

So how about doing the docs as a Minivend database, with search pages, 
cross-referencing links, categorization, etc.?  Distributed with Minivend 
as part of the demo catalog(s).  Maybe a change in presentation would make 
them more useful and effective.  Some parts would have to be rewritten to 
be more modular and less of an "essay", but much of the content is easily 
adapted right now.

I am willing to volunteer some time towards this if others concerned agree 
that it is worth doing.

- Ed L.

At 11:28 PM 3/23/00 -0500, you wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from Mike Heins 
><mikeh@minivend.com>     ******
>
>Quoting David Gindelberger (davidgindelberger@yahoo.com):
> >
> > I humbly beg forgiveness from the gods of Minivend
> > :-).
>
>That is certainly not needed, but is appreciated. 8-)
>
> > You are absolutely right Mike, we should all be
> > part of the solution NOT the problem!  I realize you
> > gave me a fishing rod and pointed me at the river, I'm
> > sorry if I slapped you in the face with the fish I
> > caught. My bad. If I can be of help in any way, please
> > ask.
> >
>
>I have been trying to "take an even strain" on this issue, and when
>someone complains I have tried to fix the problem they complain
>about without worrying about reading a judgmental tone into the
>complaint. I know I have done a pretty darn good job on some aspects
>of the documentation; just the fact that som much of MiniVend even *is*
>documented is a fair feat. I think I started ranting because I tried to
>fix the docs based on your problem, but couldn't find a fault in it.
>
>Documentation is difficult. There are at least 50 people on
>the now-nascent Minivend-docs mail list who discovered this. 8-)
>
>Best Regards,
>Mike
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