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

It’s great work from all of you. Thanks a lot.
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Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Maynooth University
Ireland

> On 17 Apr 2025, at 20:12, tjingboem <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> ah i see
> no i think the old manual has done its service and i thank it very much for that.
> The manual for Csound7 is indeed https://csound.com/manual/ but i am looking to improve and continue on that path.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM joachim heintz <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks menno.
> then i put my question in another way:
> is your outline based on what we have now as develop manual in 
> csound.com/manual, or do you go back to the old manual as base?
> 
> i was not sure about it; this was what i meant by "puzzled".
> 
>         joachim
> 
> On 17/04/2025 09:42, tjingboem wrote:
> > 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] 
> > <mailto:[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/ <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/ <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
> >