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Gadgetguy
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Posted: 10:22am 13 May 2025

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Hello all, it is amazing to see that 6.00.02 is close to a formal release with associated documentation.
Thank you all for the work on it - as a newbie it is amazing to see how quickly MMBasic evolves.

I have just printed the full .01 manual - and if possible I would like to avoid printing the full .02 manual. Will there be maybe a PDF summary of the changes so I can print only that?

Thank you so much for sharing your insights.

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Posted: 10:31am 13 May 2025

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Maybe one of the PDF tools would help with that.

(pdfdiff etc)

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Posted: 10:39am 13 May 2025

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Sorry, but I'm not planning on doing that. However, Peter often produces a change log which is almost as good.

In the past I tried using Word's document compare feature to highlight the new text but it created a corrupted mess - perhaps the manual and its formatting has got too complicated for that to work.

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Posted: 11:52am 13 May 2025

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Thank you,noted. Lets hope Peter will produce the Change Log you mention. In any case I truly appreciate all the amazing work!

Mixtel90

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Posted: 12:00pm 13 May 2025

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Just wait for the manual... :)

I've tried to keep up with changes previously. Now I prefer to stick with a release long enough for me to actually do something with it other than test it!

Peter lists what changes have been made each time he does a release candidate. That's the closest you're likely to get to a change log. Everything else is just interim changes, which may or may not appear in a release candidate.
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Edited 2025-05-13 22:03 by Mixtel90

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amiga
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Posted: 04:56pm 13 May 2025

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Gadgetguy said Hello all, it is amazing to see that 6.00.02 is close to a formal release with associated documentation.
Thank you all for the work on it - as a newbie it is amazing to see how quickly MMBasic evolves.

I have just printed the full .01 manual - and if possible I would like to avoid printing the full .02 manual. Will there be maybe a PDF summary of the changes so I can print only that?

Thank you so much for sharing your insights.

Hi GadgetGuy,
Try to ask ChatGPT make a structured doc containing the new fautures when comparing the nex and old doc

IA est good tool for this kind of job.

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Posted: 11:08am 14 May 2025

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@Amiga
You were faster! I asked ChatGPT about it today, and it confirmed your assumption.

Quote Me: “Can you also compare large PDF documents?”

Quote ChatGPT: “Yes, I can compare large PDF documents if you upload them. I can analyze:

- Textual differences (content, paragraphs, phrasing)

- Structure (e.g. chapter order, formatting)

- Tables, command lists, parameter changes

- And more specifically: What has changed?, What is missing?, What has been added?

You can upload both PDFs at once and tell me what you're specifically interested in:

- Full comparison

- Or for example: 'Compare only the list of BASIC commands' or 'Only differences in the file management section'

Once you're ready, just upload both PDFs – I’ll handle the rest.”

I'll try it when the new manual is ready.

Michael

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