From: Nicholas Van Weerdenburg <vanweerd@...>
Date: 2004-12-07T00:17:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby documentation.

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:49:28 +0900, John Wilger <johnwilger@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:35:49 +0900, Dave Thomas <pragdave@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> > On Dec 6, 2004, at 8:17, John Wilger wrote:
> >
> > > I tell you what I'd pay $10-$20 more for is an edition with a
> > > hardcover _and_ wire spiral binding so that it can be opened and lay
> > > flat on the desk. I wish more programming guides would come this way;
> > > it's really hard to type while you're holding a book open. ;-)
> >
> > Wire binding would be nice. In the meantime, PickAxe 2 does have a
> > layflat soft cover binding (we paid extra for it, so I know :). The
> > copy I'm using here actually does stay open with no help from Chapter 1
> > through Appendix A.
> 
> Sadly, that wasn't my experience. :-(  (Don't take that as a complaint
> about the book, though.)
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Regards,
> John Wilger
> 
> -----------
> Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked.
> "Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat.
> "I don't know," Alice answered.
> "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
> - Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland
> 
> 

I tried it after reading this. I had to press down a bit, to "break it
in", but then the book lay open flat. I think after a bit of use, it
should do it naturally.

Regards,
Nick