I am pleased to introduce online documentation for SdrDx. This marks a sea change, where we move from a text file, buried in the distribution, to a system where everyone is looking at the same document, one that is easier to read, to look at and in general to deal with. It includes a table of contents, an index, visual cues for user interface elements and so on.
The link is on the SdrDx page, and the next release of SdrDx will take you there directly.
Comments and corrections are welcome, of course.
Aw, man, I got this… this… coding problem. I keep finding myself writing things that only I would have a use for. So on my iPad, I found this App called “Emerald Observatory”, and I was so, so impressed. First, it’s pretty. Really pretty. Second, it’s full of astronomical data, useful stuff. And I thought to myself, wow… I really like some of this.
In e-tech, publishers look to be an obsolescent cog. They exist(ed?) with books in a legitimate role because someone needs to take on the cost of printing a physical book, shipping it to a store, etc., and your typical author can’t afford to do that. With an e-book, the costs – such as they are – are handled by the retailer (Apple, Amazon, smaller sellers – even the author.)
