Marketing Rev in Other Worlds

[Barry Levine]

Ken,

There is a Chinese proverb that goes something like this:

"The journey difficulty lies not in the distant mountains but in the 
grains of sand in your shoe."

It is the same with Rev. I'm sure we've all run into the small 
impediments that, in total, dissuade many who try Rev from  adopting 
it. I can list 50 "gotchas" that, had there been enough accompanying 
stacks - stacks that were FULLY documented, have bitten me in the last 
15 months I've been using Rev. It has been this list (and by that I 
mean the caring individuals working both for and in support of Rev) 
that has provided the assistance I've needed to "keep at it".

I know that many of the questions I've asked have been covered. Once 
you know the answer it somehow re-defines the question and, of course, 
it shows up in a search of the list archives (or in the 1400 eMails 
I've saved since last year).

The stacks/stack templates idea is wonderful. Top-notch documentation 
in every script in those stacks is even more critical. I'd also like to 
see a checklist for each distribution platform covering all of the 
"dumb" things you have to do (like having to create an extra handler 
for quitting an OSX app because the Distribution Builder steals the 
last two lines of your File menu). That checklist serves an additional 
purpose: It reminds RunRev that there are deficiencies in the IDE that 
need to be addressed.

Regards,
Barry

On Saturday, Aug 9, 2003, at 15:21 America/Denver, Ken Norris wrote:

> I think the answer lies in producing sets of simple, well-written,
> ready-to-use, easily disassembled stacks and stack templates, together 
> with
> explanations of what is happening in the scripts. Something less than 
> the
> DB.
>