Manual Addendum?

[Ratqueen]

Originally posted by capnq:
You know, it occurs to me that the problem isn't the manual, it's the manual's index. It was pretty obviously compiled by a computer program rather than a human editor.

An improved index might be a small enough project to be tackled by a few volunteers.

You know, you are right! I've started working on the Manual Addendum and imported the entire HTML Manual -- pictures included -- into the project (it will be in MS HTML Help format -- aka Win98 Help.) First thing I did was adding keywords to the Index (with many subkeywords, and all synonyms and words combinations that come to mind.) With only that done, the original HTML Manual is already MUCH more usable and I can actually FIND the information I'm looking for!

I'm also adding some newbie information in separate topics(all the things I was wondering about when I played my first games but couldn't find in the manual) and will be adding more advanced info by gathering stuff on the web and in this forum.

The help file will also support full searches of all topics (with advanced search options) AND will have a "Favorites" tab to save shortcuts to your favorite topics.

Anyway, it's really a lot of work though, but I've set my mind to finish it up.