[Rlib-users] RE: rlib

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 13:51 -0600, Carol Fouse wrote:
> I got it - it's a %d.  I may have tried this earlier, before I tried
> single quotes around the format strings.  It was clearer in the 2nd
> edition of Kernighan & Ritchie's C Programming Language than it was in
> my old first ed. copy.
> BTW - the intro to the manual says, "One of the main advantages to RLIB
> is that you don't have to be a programmer ... to use it."  So, requiring
> someone to know C printf formats doesn't quite fit.  

The manual needs love

> Is there a way to put a box around text?

Currently No.. I have a new release of RLIB which allows you to box
reports, as well as bold, italics and "parts".  Boxing text has not been
a feature request as of yet.

> 
> So, what do you want me to do with all the accumulated info for what to
> download and how to install them?  I am thinking that, perhaps, a
> section in the manual intro would be good.  I could also help you out
> with editing in the manual, grammar-wize.

We want to rewrite the entire manual.  Want to help with that?