WP 34S problem in solving f'(x)=0

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(02-20-2015 08:08 PM)walter b Wrote:  Nevertheless I'm thinking of a way to make a pdf available.

If you'd like to make the PDF available to everyone, all you need to do is upload it to SVN, just like you did with version 3.1. The same can be done with an editable format, too.

Withholding access to the electronic manual deprives users of the speed and convenience of the PDF, crucially, they can't search. That alone should give one pause. You also can't copy-paste relevant parts when trying to help someone else. Moreover, the lack of an editable version prevents the community from contributing to the documentation in meaningful ways. You can submit corrections but that won't inspire a similar level of participation and inventiveness you could have if the process was very quick and transparent and experimentation was easy. If someone would like to take up this project and create e.g. a 36S, they'd have to duplicate the work that's already been done instead of being able to continue it and adapt the documentation.

I find it astounding that the lack of an up-to-date PDF is a choice and not some externally imposed restriction, especially since the other two major contributors, without whose work the documentation wouldn't be relevant or even exist in its current form, would clearly prefer the project to be truly open. Please reconsider it.