Date:         Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:01:39 -0400
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: idiolect was Re: Massive Do Loop in macro
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> From: kenneth_m_lin

> You know, this is a very good example of how poorly SAS is
> documented.  It's quicker to come up with something from
> scratch on my own because there's no way I could go through
> all the manuals in hope of finding something suitable.

let me reframe your rant
with which I agree

> You know, this is a very good example of how poorly SAS

documentation is
indexed

compare to definition of idiolect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiolect

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/idiolect.html


book: Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608D&L=sas-l&P=R22184

"In several rants over the years
I have bAtched about SAS online documentation"


There is yet hope for SAS Documentation:

saspress:
Global English: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global
Market

By John R. Kohl
Anticipated publication date: Summer 2007

http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu/companion_site/60751.html

Ron Fehd  the indexing maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov