[Framers] conditions - in templates vs. applicable docs ?

[Craig Ede]

Amen, Fred! I've always heavily documented my templates, which, of course, didn't keep the folks who followed after from ignoring all that and "being confused" and importing things willy nilly from other template, etc. etc. etc.

But it's nice to have that stuff for those who do care! And a nice clean template squirreled away in a repository somewhere can cure all kinds of ills inflicted on a book/document.

Craig

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From: Framers <framers-bounces+craigede=hotmail.com at lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of Fred Ridder <DocuDoc at hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Framers] conditions - in templates vs. applicable docs ?

And since each of these format/variable/condition templates is only used to overlay FrameMaker layers that don't contain document content, you can use the content layer to contain detailed descriptions of everything that is defined in the template, and even a change history as the template evolves. Self-documentation is a really powerful tool for templates and stylesheets because I've never met anyone who can remember all the details for more than a day or so.

-FR