17 Feb
2020
17 Feb
'20
6:55 p.m.
From: Jon Steinhart
When you're looking for the documentation for
pdf2svg, for example, and
there is no man page, how long does it take to figure out that there is
no documentation at all?
I am _sooo_ tempted to say 'What do you think source is for?' :-)
Noel
17 Feb
17 Feb
8:13 p.m.
New subject: man Macro Package and pdfmark
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 1:56 PM Noel Chiappa <jnc(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
Ah, the old 'trust (read) the source Luke' defense ....
From: Jon
Steinhart
When you're looking for the documentation
for pdf2svg, for example,
and
there is no man page, how long does it take to
figure out that there
is
no documentation at all?
I am _sooo_ tempted to say 'What do you think source is for?' :-)
Noel
9:06 p.m.
New subject: man Macro Package and pdfmark
On February 17, 2020 at 12:13 PM Clem Cole
<clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 1:56 PM Noel Chiappa <jnc(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
Ah, the old 'trust (read) the source Luke' defense ....
... which, unfortunately, is all too often invoked by people who fail
to honor the obligation it imposes to write clear, understandable code.
From: Jon
Steinhart
When you're looking for the documentation
for pdf2svg, for example,
and
there is no man page, how long does it take to
figure out that there
is
no documentation at all?
I am _sooo_ tempted to say 'What do you think source is for?' :-)
Noel
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