<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">From the Blog (<a href="http://blog.selflanguage.org/2009/09/29/announcing-the-self-handbook/">http://blog.selflanguage.org/2009/09/29/announcing-the-self-handbook/</a>):<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#29303B" face="Georgia, Verdana, Arial, serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><p align="">Documentation is at the heart of any successful open source project and, as Self wakes from its slumbers, documentation is vital to providing a way for interested people to learn and participate.</p><p align="">Self has a number of manuals, as well as important published papers, but these have been available only as pdf.</p><p align="">Three of these manuals (the <i>Programmers Reference Manual</i>, the <i>Programming Environment Manual</i> and the <i>Morphic Manual</i>) have been turned into HTML and combined into the new <b>Self Handbook</b>, which is available to read on line at <a href="http://docs.selflanguage.org">http://docs.selflanguage.org</a>.</p><p align="">This is quite comprehensive—in pdf form it is at the moment around 140 pages.</p><p align="">Read and enjoy!</p><p align="">Russell</p><p align=""><br></p><p align=""><br></p></span></font></span></font></div></body></html>