Re: [Csnd-dev] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Csnd-dev] Manual for Csound 7

Hi Joachim,

wonderful!
This means the Main Chapter counter has gone down from *13* to* 7*. Without
losing any information and a better organization of this information.

(I am puzzled why you are puzzled....which puzzle do you mean?)

Menno


On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM joachim heintz <[email protected]> wrote:

> hi menno -
>
> i am a bit puzzled how this does or does not refer to what we have
> currently in https://csound.com/manual/
>
> what i like in your overview is that the main sections are more clear.
> i am wondering whether we can also put Opcodes Index, Opcodes Quick
> Reference and GEN Routine Index in another big section called "Index and
> Quick Reference".  then it would be:
>
> Introduction
> Csound System
> Opcode Overview
> GEN Routine Overview
> Utility Programs
> Index and Quick Reference
> Appendix
>
> ciao -
>         joachim
>
>
> On 16/04/2025 11:01, Menno Knevel wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > i sat down and took a moment to reflect on how to get a more transparent
> manual index; what is shown to the user when looking at the Csound Manual.
> > So, continuing the path of the present beta Csound7 manual
> https://csound.com/manual/, i came up with re-distributing of some
> chapters and simplifying the start screen . The tree of the manual has a
> max depth of 3.
> >
> > I can not attach anything in this list, so i hope the copy-paste of my
> .odt is without error.
> >
> > Feedback appreciated.
> >
> > ==============================
> >
> >
> > Introduction
> >               What’s new
> >               Historical
> >                               Preface
> >                               Manual
> >                                               Nomenclature
> >               Copyright/ Links
> > Csound System
> >               How Csound Works
> >               Configuring
> >               Real-Time Audio
> >               The ‘csound’ Command
> >               The ‘csd’ File Format
> >               Csound Options (flags)
> >                               Alphabetically
> >                               By Category
> >               Guard Point in Tables
> >               Environment Variables
> >               Order of Precedence
> >               UDP Server
> >               Syntax of the Orchestra
> >                               Header Statements and Global Space
> >                               Instruments
> >                               Data Types and Variables
> >                               Macros
> >                               User Defined Opcodes (UDO)
> >                               Traditional and Functional Code
> >               Syntax of the Score
> >                               Parameter Fileds
> >                               Durations in Instrument Events
> >                               Amplitude Values
> >                               Preprocessing
> >                               List of Statements
> >                               Macros
> >                               Included Files
> >                               Expressions
> >                               Scripts
> >                               Csbeats
> > Opcodes Overview
> >               Signal Generators
> >               Signal Input/Output
> >               Signal Modifiers
> >               Instrument Control
> >               Functional Table Control
> >               Mathematical Operations
> >               Pitch Converters
> >               Real-Time MIDI
> >               Spectral Processing
> >               Strings
> >               Vectorial Opcodes
> >               Zak Patch System
> >               OSC, Network and non-MIDI deveices
> >               Signal Flow Graph Opcodes
> >               Mixer Opcodes
> >               Miscellaneous Opcodes
> > GEN Routine Overview
> > Utility Programs
> >               About
> >               Analysis File Generation
> >               File Queries
> >               File Conversion
> >               Other Csound Utilities
> > Opcodes Index
> > Opcodes Quick Reference
> > GEN Routine Index
> > Appendices
> >               List of Examples
> >               Pitch Conversion
> >               Sound Intensity Values
> >               Formant Values
> >               Modal Frequency Ratios
> >               Window Functions
>