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    From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to All on Thu Apr 28 16:38:13 2022
    Hello All,

    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation? I am working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.

    -- Sean

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Sean Dennis on Thu Apr 28 19:03:30 2022
    On 28 Apr 22 16:38:13, Sean Dennis said the following to All:

    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation? I working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.

    Real Sysops don't read documentation.

    Nick

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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 28 20:03:10 2022
    Hello Nick,

    28 Apr 22 19:03, you wrote to me:

    Real Sysops don't read documentation.

    That is painfully obvious with some of the questions I have been asked over the years...

    -- Sean

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  • From Jas Hud@618:300/12 to Sean Dennis on Thu Apr 28 19:46:00 2022
    To: Sean Dennis
    Re: Text or PDF?
    By: Sean Dennis to All on Thu Apr 28 2022 04:38 pm

    From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

    Hello All,

    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation? I am working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.


    text and make it short and sweet.
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  • From Jas Hud@618:300/12 to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 28 19:46:29 2022
    To: Nick Andre
    Re: Re: Text or PDF?
    By: Nick Andre to Sean Dennis on Thu Apr 28 2022 07:03 pm

    From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

    On 28 Apr 22 16:38:13, Sean Dennis said the following to All:

    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation? I working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.

    Real Sysops don't read documentation.

    Nick

    this is true. or i'll read docs later to see if there's something i missed.
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  • From Jas Hud@618:300/12 to Sean Dennis on Thu Apr 28 19:47:36 2022
    To: Sean Dennis
    Re: Text or PDF?
    By: Sean Dennis to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 28 2022 08:03 pm

    From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS

    Hello Nick,

    28 Apr 22 19:03, you wrote to me:

    Real Sysops don't read documentation.

    That is painfully obvious with some of the questions I have been asked over the years...

    -- Sean


    well in regards to doorgames, i dont think documentation should be needed. the game should be that easy to setup. maybe have some info in the .cfg file
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  • From Gamgee@618:250/24 to Sean Dennis on Thu Apr 28 20:27:00 2022
    Sean Dennis wrote to All <=-

    Hello All,

    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF
    documentation? I am working on my Cheepware doors and am
    pondering this question.

    Text.



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  • From Nick Mackechnie@618:510/10 to Sean Dennis on Fri Apr 29 15:32:00 2022
    Hello All,

    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation? I
    am
    working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.

    Personally Txt is more useful depending on the client connecting :-)

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@618:510/10 to Sean Dennis on Fri Apr 29 15:34:00 2022
    Real Sysops don't read documentation.

    That is painfully obvious with some of the questions I have been asked over
    the years...

    Hi Sean/Nick,

    Explains the many micro releases of Dbridge? :-) hehe

    Nick.

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  • From Zip@618:500/27 to Sean Dennis on Fri Apr 29 20:26:34 2022
    Hello Sean!

    On 28 Apr 2022, Sean Dennis said the following...
    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation?
    I am working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.

    I'd rather have text files -- as setting up doors usually involves fiddling with files, and text files can be read from the command line.

    Best regards
    Bj”rn

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  • From Jeff Earle@618:500/38 to Sean Dennis on Fri Apr 29 15:18:53 2022
    On 28 Apr 2022, Sean Dennis said the following...


    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation?
    I am working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.


    Depends on the documentation. Short, to the point, assuming the reader has some knowledge of what they are reading, text for sure. Long, chaptered, everything but the sink, pdf.

    ... Unzip... expand... What kind of pervert came up with this?

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to SEAN DENNIS on Fri Apr 29 17:00:00 2022
    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation? I am
    working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.

    Text, but either will do. It is easier to copy BAT file/script file
    examples out of a TXT document.

    Mike


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  • From nugax@618:200/32 to Sean Dennis on Fri Apr 29 16:51:22 2022
    Probably PDF.
    Be easier to view/search/etc.

    -Nugax

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  • From Daryl Stout@618:250/33 to Nick Andre on Fri Apr 29 21:00:00 2022
    Nick,

    With setting up a door, would you rather have text or PDF documentation?

    working on my Cheepware doors and am pondering this question.

    Real Sysops don't read documentation.

    They just skim them. :P

    Daryl

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