Re: missing from 6.0 documentation
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg76608] Re: missing from 6.0 documentation
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 06:20:51 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- References: <f3151b$or4$1@smc.vnet.net>
I second this. Kevin Murray Eisenberg wrote: > What seems to be missing from the 6.0 documentation are compatibility > guides for categories of things, e.g., graphics, text, list manipulation. > > Of course the home page for each function that has changed since 5.2 has > a link allowing one to highlight what's changed. But that's useful only > if you know the particular function you want to examine. And the > compatibility guides limit themselves to compatibility for individual > packages. And of course you can take a 5.2 notebook and let 6.0 scan it > for possible issues of compatibility. > > Still this does not seem enough when the changes are so pervasive, > numerous, and, in many cases, profound. > > Any comments? >