Date:         Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:31:49 -0800
Reply-To:     kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM
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From:         kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject:      Re: SAS Reference Card
Comments: To: Michael Thomas <mjthom4@uswest.com>
In-Reply-To:  <3A1549E6.294FB7A7@uswest.com>; from mjthom4@uswest.com on Fri,
              Nov 17, 2000 at 08:08:23AM -0700
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Define "Palm" format.  I can schlepp text files in and out.  Was poking
around last night and found a DocBook quick-reference which was in
address book format -- this is a built-in database format for the Palm.

I could probably accomplish same or similar, but my tools for accessing
the Palm are geared toward GNU/Linux.

Either way, this is a suggestion SI might be interested in following up
on.  I'm nominating this as a feature request to them.

on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 08:08:23AM -0700, Michael Thomas (mjthom4@uswest.com) wrote:
> How about a reference file downloadable to my Palm Pilot??  Yeah, I
> could go for that....  Maybe even in database format, as I have a
> relational Db on it.... hmmmmm
> 
> Michael
> 
> kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM wrote:
> 
> > on Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 11:59:36PM +0100, Peter Crawford (peter.crawford@DB.COM) wrote:
> > > I seem to join this thread too late to add anything new,
> > > but I haven't seen reference to the scope problems which
> > > were not there when the old reference card was published.
> > > Judging by the size  (approx 27 pages)
> > > of   ts486.txt (quick reference to functions and formats)
> > > There is no way a new sas quick ref card can comfortably
> > > hide in the "inside pocket".
> > > And ts486 provides no statement or procedure or scl reference !
> > > (now there is another suggestion.......maybe.)
> > >
> > > for online access to ts486, see
> > > http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts486.txt
> >
> > It's possible to reduce this to 8 pages per sheet, for the suffciently
> > eagle-eyed, without editing text.  This prints to 4 sides of 8.5"x11"
> > (US letter) paper, or a single sheet of ledger, for folding.  Almost
> > suitable for a quick reference.  With editing, perhaps five more pages
> > might be eliminated with ease, eight or soe with some work.  This is
> > just a function reference, I'd also want a few PROCs listed:  SQL, FREQ,
> > MEANS/SUMMARY, PRINT, UNVIARIATE, DATASETS, CATALOG, COPY, off the top
> > of my head.
> >
> > I've created a postscript file of the reduced pages at:
> >
> >     http://www.netcom.com/~kmself/SAS/sas_refcard_8up.ps
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > --
> > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>     http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
> >  Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc.                      http://www.zelerate.org
> >   What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?      There is no K5 cabal
> >    http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/        http://www.kuro5hin.org
> >
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-- 
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>     http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
 Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc.                      http://www.zelerate.org
  What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?      There is no K5 cabal
   http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/        http://www.kuro5hin.org

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