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John Taylor (jtaylor -at- frame -dot- com) wrote:
So what X does is provide the
: developer/customizer with an end-user doc kit, containing
: materials/templates/instructions for producing end-user docs.
: Does this sort of thing ever happen? Anyone know of anything like this?
My company provides enhancements/extenders for networked information
databases and communications. Right now, we are doing one for an microsoft
extender. We got permission to use a couple of their chapters from an
appropriate user manual, in our documentation. But we didnt really
customize their doc much, just built our doc around theirs, sorta.
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Dan 'Fergus' Roberts
droberts -at- panix -dot- com
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