User Guide: Call for Errata

[William Prothero]

Richard:
Oh heck, I can export it to .doc if needed.
Bill

> On Nov 1, 2015, at 10:23 AM, William Prothero <waprothero at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Richard:
> I use an Apple app named “notebook” to store various extractions that I wanted to save from  this list. I don’t have time to fully join in the user guide editing effort, but if you think it would be useful, I could send you my Notebook file for this.
> Best,
> Bill
> 
>> On Oct 29, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, Kay.  And thanks for the CC - lets me keep all these notes in one place.
>> 
>> Please feel free to pass along any other details you come across.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Richard Gaskin
>> LiveCode Community Manager
>> richard at livecode.org
>> 
>> 
>> Kay C Lan wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> To make sure we cover any errors and omissions you've seen, please send a
>>>> brief description with the page number to me at the email address below.
>>>> 
>>>> Bug #12450
>>> 
>>> Also, ALL references to Mac OS should be removed. LC 7 & 8 will not run on
>>> OS 9 so references should only be made to OS X. Both the User Guide and the
>>> Dictionary suffer badly from inconsistency of the use of the term Mac OS -
>>> sometimes it's referring specifically to OS 9 and at other times it means
>>> both 9 and X.
>>> 
>>> Page 258 of the User Guide, under The layer of menu buttons: makes
>>> reference to both Mac OS and OS X
>>> Same Page but the next Para down, under Changing Menus Dynamically: only
>>> refers to Mac OS, but the statement also applies to OS X.
>>> 
>>> To add to the inconsistency the User Guide (I haven't seen it in the
>>> Dictionary) also occasionally uses the term Mac OS Classic - see Page 259,
>>> top line but in the very next paragraph return to using Mac OS to refer to
>>> OS 9.
>>> 
>>> Again, moving forward there should only be one term, either Mac OS X or
>>> just OS X and ALL content applicable ONLY to OS 9 should be removed.
>>> 
>>> I've CC'd your other email as requested but posted here as it may trigger
>>> some more useful comments on what needs attention.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for taking on this task... it's a BIG one.
>> 
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