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I really like the idea of embedding images and media into a source file for documentation purposes. Has this ever been done?
by yesimahuman 18y ago
I really like the idea of embedding images and media into a source file for documentation purposes. Has this ever been done?
- jcl 18y agoMathematica's notebook files come to mind, as does Donald Knuth's literate programming work. DrScheme lets you insert images into the program text directly: http://maclab.cs.uchicago.edu/tutorials/DrScheme.html#_Adding_an_Image http://maclab.cs.uchicago.edu/tutorials/DrScheme.html#_Addin...
- yesimahuman 18y agoOf course, I would most certainly be too lazy to actually add any images :)
- thwarted 18y agoWhile it would definitely help the long term documentation purposes of something you don't plan on having to modify, my knee jerk response is that we, as an industry, already have problems getting comments and documentation updated properly when they are in text -- media and images are harder to update.