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Subject: Re: [motm] patch documentation

From: "sikorsky" <vulture.squadron@...>
Date: 2001-04-18

hello all,

> Panel drawings in GIF or JPG format would be useful. Then every user
could
> piece together a drawing of their own system and create their own patch
> sheets, to be used with pen and paper or on the computer. I have Visio,
but
> most people don't. However, graphics programs capable of putting together
> graphic images are pretty common.

i've tried with panel drawings, but my system is always in a state of flux,
so i keep having to update them
also there's (i find) an intelligebility problem, in that a complex patch
documented in this way might look impressive, and of course, dead sexy, but
it's a nightmare to re-create, especially six months down the line when all
the modules have shifted around
i keep visual style sheets around to quickly jot a patch i stumble across in
mid session, but usually make my final documentation in conceptual form - in
my little black book...

of course, what we really need is motorised knobs, and programmable routing
via PDA...?
(no we don't really do we)

cheers
paul b