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Beeeeeep.

2005-06-09 by Mike Estee

This is a test of the emergency patch documenting system. Had this 
been a real emergency, the patch you just viewed would have been actually
tested, and accompanied by an mp3 sample.

So, after all this talk of patches I got to thinking about a better way to 
document them. I work on a mac (for some strange reason) and there is this 
nifty little program called OmniGraffle which I use for work. It's like 
visio for ya win32 people.

I decided to make a template set for the MOTM modules (others to follow!) 
for documenting patches. It's not as quick as my usual method (camera 
snapshot) but it is pleasing-on-the-eye, and a lot easier to read. The 
template set currently looks like this: (took 3 minutes to assemble, fyi)

http://orbelisk.com/clickless.pdf

What do you folks think of this style? Yeah, I know it lacks labels but I 
think it's a little less cluttered this way, only showing that which makes 
the patch run. Comments? Thoughts? Any guesses why this is called 
"clickless"? ;)

ps: i'll post the template file after a little peer review.

--mikes

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