<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zmoelnig@iem.at">zmoelnig@iem.at</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">András Murányi wrote:<br>
> Seriously my point was not that books are uncool but 1) you cannot access<br>
> them by clicking through 2) we may not want to link to non-free resources.<br>
> But again, i don't object i just brought these aspects up. I welcome all fun<br>
> stuff in my help menu, up to the available screen height.<br>
<br>
</div>almost ignoring your slightly sexist statement, i would like to point<br>
you to the fact that most books on/with/about pd until now are available<br>
for free (as in beer, if this is what you care about).<br>
apart from that it might have occured to one or the other, that all<br>
those willing hands that make Pd what it currently is have to eat and<br>
make their living. i guess writing (and selling!) books on pd is not<br>
necessarily the worst way.<br>
the annoyance factor of a menu-entry called "books" is pretty low for me<br>
(given that it is a passive link you have to actively choose and anybody<br>
who understands the meaining of "book" will probably understand that<br>
when they click on it they _might_ be directed to pay service)<br>
<br>
really, i am a FLOSS enthusiast, but people wanting everything for<br>
gratis piss me off this morning.<br>
<br>
apart from all of that, i suggest creating a submenu "shameless<br>
advertisement" where we can put the "books" into.<br>
<br>
fgmasdrt<br>
<font color="#888888">IOhannes<br>
</font></blockquote><div><br>You have convinced me, books make sense in the Help menu.<br>As for sexism, yes i am, but i am really sorry for having shown it off on the list. Sleep deprivation, et cetera.<br></div></div><br>
Andras<br>