MC book (was Random sounds...)

[Karl Becker]

It's funny, because once I wrote that explanation for the original 
Random Sounds thread, I had the same idea: "Wow, this would be great to 
write a book about."

I'd be interested in writing one sometime, if there was enough demand 
and I could contribute something.  Most of the topics listed are ones I 
have yet to explore, though.

If I may ask one question, to Richard Herz:
what sort of real-time simulation would you be interested in learning 
how to create?

I remember the original documentation that came with HyperCard, I read 
through that thing quite a bit and learned a lot.  A big thick manual 
for MetaCard would be nice, too... or even a slim one, heh.  Slim would 
be easier to digest!

Karl


On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 12:36  PM, Richard K. Herz wrote:

> Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>>> Now all I need is a Metacard equivalent of Danny Goodman's bible "The
>>> Complete Hypercard Handbook"!
>>>
>>> Is there any such tome in existence?
>>
>> What would you like to see in such a book?
>
> Richard, are you volunteering?  As far as I'm concerned, the MC help 
> covers
> commands pretty well.  A big contribution would be a book that shows 
> how
> complex things are put together (well, and a couple how to get started
> chapters too).
>
> Here are a few chapters from my wish list:
>
> How to communicate over the Internet (FTP, email, etc.)
> How to build an "Internet App"
> How to write externals
> (including documentation of the MC-external interface, and an example 
> in
> Fortran as well as C)
> How to control and communicate with other applications and the OS from 
> MC
> (using shell() to start other programs, getting directory lists, etc.)
> How to work with menus cross-platform
> How to print
> How to work with groups
> How to build real-time simulations
> ... and the list goes on
>
> Rich Herz
> herz at ucsd.edu
>
>
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