Online manual... offline

[ampos]

Is there a way to get the full online manual... offline?

I want to read it on my iPhone.

[Millerszone]

This is all that I can find, it's basically just the Commands:
GLBasic Commands PDF

[okee]

To export the GLB Help Manual to a pdf
Install a pdf creator like dopdf (www.dopdf.com)
Then open the helpfile, Right Click on a category i.e. Tutorials, click Print,
Select Print the selected Heading and all Subtopics, then choose dopdf
as your printer, give it a name and you'll have a pdf of the tutorials.

[ampos]

It you mean the help file in GLBasic, it sucks.

It has around half the commands supported by GLB.

It is doing more damage than benefict. Please, remove the help file/chm form GLBasic! Keep only the online html one!

[Ian Price]

It is doing more damage than benefict.

You obviously haven't see the documentation for BlitzMax then. Go have a play with that and come back and repeat your statement!

[okee]

I'd say the most up to date error free manual would be
http://wiki.just-do-i-t.com/

MrTAToad has been working hard updating it for the past few days/weeks
Although printing it is another matter, can't you just access it from your iphone online

You obviously haven't see the documentation for BlitzMax then

I always loved the Blitzbasic/Plus help file, very simple, easy to access what you
want, Blitmax, there's not even a search option, it's a nightmare

[ampos]

It is doing more damage than benefict.

You obviously haven't see the documentation for BlitzMax then. Go have a play with that and come back and repeat your statement!

I did never do the jump to BM, I just was a Blitz3D guy. With a printed manual and a programming guide printed! Wooot!

[Kuron]

I guess I am lucky, I have never found any issues with GLB's help file.

[ampos]

The help file, for example, does not have LEFT or RIGHT commands listed.

And so more commands are missing.

Anything else?

[ampos]

I HAVE TO BEG PERDON!!!!!

I FIRST CHECKED THE HELP FILE ON VERSION 7

AGAIN, I BED PERDON!!!!

[Ian Price]

I always loved the Blitzbasic/Plus help file, very simple, easy to access what you
want, Blitmax, there's not even a search option, it's a nightmare

You're not wrong. The manuals for BlitzBasic and Blitz3D were ace. I still can't understand why Max's help system/documentation is so shite.

[MrTAToad]

It has around half the commands supported by GLB

Not exactly - a lot of the commands are grouped together on one page - the network commands being an example.

It is very tempting to convert the Wiki to book form using Blurb (a company for making & publishing your own books).  The questions to be asked is :

Is there a need ?
Will people buy it ?

[Kuron]

The help file, for example, does not have LEFT or RIGHT commands listed.

And so more commands are missing.

Anything else?

I am sorry that you find GLB too advanced for your needs.

[Ian Price]

Will people buy it ?

I'm really not sure there is a need for paper manuals nowadays. If users can't work out the inline and online documentation, there is always this forum. And MrTAToad, you seem to be available to answer pretty much everything 25hours a day, 8 days a week! And if it's a bug, Gernot fixes it (generally) within a day.

That's why I love GLB.

[Kuron]

Will people buy it ?

I already have the manual printed, so I would not be interested.  I likely wouldn't be able to afford it anyway.