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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: hallatie on March 02, 2011, 08:39:44 AM

Title: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: hallatie on March 02, 2011, 08:39:44 AM

Recently bought some Amiga software and the manual is in AmigaGuide  format.

I thought that maybe it would be easier for some to read  in PDF format.

I am going to take this AmigaGuide manual and  create a PDF version, for my own use.

What are other peoples view  on this?

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: fishy_fiz on March 02, 2011, 09:36:12 AM

I like both, depending on what the docs are. Sometimes Id prefer pdfs, sometimes Id prefer amiga guide. The downside of amigaguide is that there's no images, the downside of pdf is theyre much heavier, and there's no great amiga pdf viewers.

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: Gulliver on March 02, 2011, 09:40:25 AM

PDF is certainly more portable between different platforms, and easier to read. But it has the big drawback, that it can only be displayed on Amigas with high-end cpus and lots of fastmem.

Amigaguide documents, on the other hand, are not so portable, but they can be read in all Amigas without difficulty (And BTW they can display images if you know how to).


My 2 cents.

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: fishy_fiz on March 02, 2011, 09:52:21 AM

There's also Amiga Guide viewers for other OSes (WinGuide for example).

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: bloodline on March 02, 2011, 10:26:55 AM

Quote from: hallatie;618914

Recently bought some Amiga software and the manual is in AmigaGuide  format.

I thought that maybe it would be easier for some to read  in PDF format.

I am going to take this AmigaGuide manual and  create a PDF version, for my own use.

What are other peoples view  on this?

AmigaGuide is more closely related to HTML, but I'm very sure you don't need our permission to "print" your AmigaGuide files to PDF :)

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: Minuous on March 02, 2011, 10:27:49 AM

I much prefer AmigaGuide rather than bloated Amiga-unfriendly PDFs.

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: Xanxi on March 02, 2011, 12:56:07 PM

AmigaGuide is always better.

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: commodorejohn on March 02, 2011, 03:15:49 PM

I'm having a hard time thinking of anything you'd gain by converting them to PDF. They wouldn't look nicer, and it'd be hell to read them on a low-end Amiga. And if there's viewers on other platforms for AmigaGuide, I really don't see the reason.

But then, I've always preferred plaintext or minimally-formatted plaintext anyway...

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: dannyp1 on March 02, 2011, 03:30:24 PM

I guess I prefer PDF because of ease of use with other platforms and the ability to print hard copies on other platforms.  I have to admit that I'm a "hardcopy" type of guy.  I like to have a printed copy of the docs in my hands while I'm sitting at my Amiga.  If all I owned was an Amiga then I would prefer AmigaGuide.

Title: Re: AmigaGuide v PDF Manuals
Post by: commodorejohn on March 02, 2011, 04:45:18 PM

Should be just as easy to get hardcopy from AmigaGuide format, though...