From: Andreas Pirklbauer <andreas_pirklbauer@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 13:09:01 +0000

I wrote it on the go, while waiting for a plane, so I'm not sure its language is refined enough to qualify for an essay :-)

Well, it turned out rather clear and helpful.

I have not checked, but how does one upload something to the Wikibook?

Better from the mouth of the horse than from a poor restatement by me. Open https://en.wikibooks.org/ . In the left margin click on Help. There click on Contributing. Also, Editing. Incidentally, if you write something which you don't want changed, it can be protected.

Who maintains it?

Anyone willing to help. We 7 x 10^9 humans on this little planet must rely on ourselves. FWIIW, I started this Oberon book but consider myself a custodian, analogous to a janitor in a school. The janitor doesn't teach the classes. Just tries to keep the facilities reasonably clean and tidy.

What is its goal?

I continue to use PC Native O. and UnixAos, Oberon as workstations and am dismayed that many small bugs and oddities are not fixed in a public archive or distribution. Each user must repair the same faulty bearings & loose bolts in a new car. =8~( As mentioned to Bernhard, many or most of us are past middle age and none will live forever. I'm concerned that without some broadly accepted records, Oberon will be forgotten after a generation. So the wikibook might address some concerns.

I'll probably just create a pdf version, together with the source, and leav= e it to others to publish the text on a platform of their choosing.

Good, although inserting directly to the book might be easier than creating a PDF. From: "Skulski, Wojciech" <skulski@pas.rochester.edu> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 13:38:03 +0000

Somehow I do not like the wiki.

You and Joerg express similar sentiments. I know the wikibook is not ideal. What is better? Regards, ... Lyall E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 Pender Is.: +1 250 629 3757 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca