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Thanks for the cheatsheet examples. They bring back fond memories of the laminated cheatsheets I used to buy at the bookstore. But it's been a long time since I
by Stratoscope 9y ago
Thanks for the cheatsheet examples. They bring back fond memories of the laminated cheatsheets I used to buy at the bookstore. But it's been a long time since I used one of those; now I just want everything in digital form to keep my backpack light.
It was interesting that these are all bitmap image files at a rather low resolution. The text is so blurry on all of them! It made me wonder: do people actually use these kinds of image cheatsheets? They wouldn't print well, and zooming in on screen just gives blurry text. My old laminated sheets had crisp high-quality printed text.
It would be different if they were in a vector format, of course. But since I'm not printing them anyway, the traditional cheatsheet is no longer a useful format for me. I much prefer a short document like the OP's "cheatsheet" with legible text that I can scroll through on any device without having to zoom in and pan around.
I suppose one could object to the "sheet" part, since you can't print a document like this on a single sheet of letter or A4 paper. But that doesn't bother me at all: I started my programming career on Teletype machines that used roll paper, and we routinely printed out cheatsheets of varying length. There was no set height to a sheet: it ended wherever you tore it off the roll.
What would be a better name for a document like this that serves the purpose of a traditional cheatsheet but is in a format more suited for digital reading? Maybe "A short guide to ..."?
(Updated with more stories)
- pavlov 9y agoSummary? Overview?
- pavlov 9y agoJudging by the downvotes, I think that post was misinterpreted. I was suggesting that the word "cheatsheet" could be replaced by "summary" or "overview". E.g. "An overview of modern JavaScript" or "Modern JavaScript - Executive Summary"
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- nerdponx 9y agoWhy are you being downvoted for this? AFAICT these are low-res previews of high-quality PDF cheat sheets you can buy.
- Stratoscope 9y agoI think people downvoted version 1 of my comment, which was less interesting and more cranky. But the downvotes were helpful; they gave me an excuse to make it more friendly and add a relevant story. :-) I should have guessed that these were just low-res previews: I read too much into the comment that they were real cheatsheets. Even with high-quality vector text, though, I wouldn't find them useful because of the layout. It's great if you print them, but if you like to have everything onscreen, a scrolling document is easier to read.
- andai 9y agoHigh res versions: Regex: https://i.imgur.com/f47LvfU.png https://i.imgur.com/f47LvfU.png Vim: https://i.imgur.com/YLInLlY.png https://i.imgur.com/YLInLlY.png Latex: no hi res version but PDF + 2nd page! here https://wch.github.io/latexsheet/ https://wch.github.io/latexsheet/