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From: John McCabe <john@nospam.assen.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: A4 formatted ARM?
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 10:38:49 +0100
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On Tue, 6 May 2008 15:48:20 -0500, "Randy Brukardt"
<randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:

>I don't think any such thing exists (and surely not officially). The ARM is 
>formatted for a non-standard paper size (7x9") which was adopted for some 
>reason for Ada 95.

Book size presumably.

>The AARM is formatted for US 8 1/2x11 paper (but it's 
>unofficial in any case).

Doesn't save any pages!

>The best way to get a printed copy is the buy the Springer edition.

>If you have more time than money, you could make one yourself:
>(1) Download and compile the formatting tool (its found on ada-auth.org).

<..snip..>

Thanks for that suggestion, I may just do that (in my spare time of
course :-) I was hoping someone else would already have done it
though!


>(6) Apply the half-dozen hand patches. Regenerate the table-of-contents.

Are the half-dozen hand patches described anywhere?

>If you have neither time nor money, forget the paper and use the HTML 
>format; it is better anyway (because it has links).

I wouldn't say "better", just "different" :-) Even after donkeys years
of working with computers, I still find it much easier to use printed
matter than online documentation.