Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Philippe Lorin Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Manual versions Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:53:48 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 33 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: AMarseille-153-1-27-7.w86-194.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051011) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Due to lack of space, I'm considering storing away my paper manuals. So I downloaded the manuals at: http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/yaroze/docs/main.htm Unfortunately, there are some weird inconsistencies between the pdf and the paper version. And I cannot decide which version is better. The dates tell us nothing, as both versions include the mention "Published February 1997" (the pdf version has as meta-data: "Beta Release 1.1 - Apr 97", but there is no such meta-data available for the paper version of course). The description of the files on the download page says the pdf manuals are "updated". However, there are errors in them that do not appear in the paper version. Example: GsSPRITE: pdf, page 40: "g,b Display brightness for r, g, and b (normal brightness is 128)" (note how "r" is missing) paper, page 33: "r,g,b Brightness is set for each of r, g and b when they are displayed (Original brightness when it is 128)" I can't see how such errors would have been introduced. If it were for minor mistakes that you could correct without thought, I wouldn't worry, but sometimes it's more important stuff: GsCOORDINATE2 paper, page 23: there is a field named "sub" which is not present in the pdf version (page 20). OK, it's "unused", but it still adds to the size of the struct. It's not easy to compare both versions thoroughly, because they do not have the same order. Maybe I'm worried about nothing; I hope so. So, which version is more reliable? Can I forget about the paper version, or should I keep it at hand for double-checking in case of trouble?