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Subject:Re: Re. Customizing manuals with databases From:Bonni Graham <bonnig -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 20 Feb 1996 11:49:02 -0800
You wrote:
> Bottom line? The database approach is a great production
> tool, but make sure someone reads through (edits!) the
> final manual to be sure that everything is correct _and_
> that it makes sense in the specific custom context.
ABSOLUTELY. I would not even recommend using the tool I described
without a thorough review process.
Geoff is so correct on this -- you cannot look at something like this
too many times.
--
Bonni Graham
Manual Labour
bonnig -at- ix -dot- netcom -dot- com
