[linux-audio-user] Ardour manual

[Reuben Martin]

Noah Roberts wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:03:14 -0600, Reuben Martin <reuben.m at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Noah Roberts wrote:
>>
>>>The website says that when the manual is finished it will be available
>>>for sale.  The download of the free scrambled version says it was last
>>>revised more than a year ago.  Is this thing ever going to be done?!
>>>
>>
>>http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/ardour-dev-ardour.org/2004-December/001376.html
>>
>>It always helps to send Paul money... :)
> 
> 
> Well then when is the wiki going to be up?
> 
> I think that Paul made an illogical assumption with regard to people
> purchasing the manual.  Obviously nobody is going to want to buy
> something that is not finished.  I for one was just waiting for
> something to buy.  I would certainly purchase a manual if there was
> one; but there is no manual to purchase.
> 
> Anyway, I like the wiki idea better so...
> 

He was going to have a very nice professionally made manual made and 
printed, but he eventually decided that it wouldn't be cost effective.

Don't expect anybody to be doing anything serious about manuals until at 
least version 1.0 is completed.