[Ansteorra] The Journey: A&S

[Anthony Lackey]

> I find Gunnora's take on documentation very useful to artisans and this file
> probably obviates much need to send off for my handout--she and I are pretty
> much on the same page when it comes to this topic.  But the offer still stands
> for anyone who wants it

Catrin

> .
> Before I say anything else, here's a caveat -- we don't have one unified
> standard of What Good Documentation Consists Of.  It's like Goldilocks and
> the bears -- some Laurels want a big bunch of hot documentation, some want a
> medium amount of documentation, and some want the bare minimum and think
> that less is "just right".
>
> That being said, I advocate a kind of middle ground as to how much and in
> what depth -- I tend to suggest a single summary page, followed by the rest
> of yoru documentation, which allows you to please people through the whole
> spectrum.
>
> I've often maintained that the basic documentation needed could be typed on
> one of those large 5"x8" index cards.  And I one time wrote up Gunnora's
> Theory of Documentation, which Stefan li Rous has kindly made available
> through his Florilegium files at:
>
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/CELEBRATIONS/5x8-Doc-art.html
>
> ::GUNNORA::
>
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