[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

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In article <efe68e9c4118d4fc586061b9a352d6a0 at msgid.frell.theremailer.net>, Fritz Wuehler <fritz at spamexpire-201111.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> writes:
>Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>
>> JF Mezei wrote 2011-11-23 18:58:
>> > Simon Clubley wrote:
>> >
>> >> This is on part number QA-001AA-GZ "OVMS Full Documentation".
>> >
>> >
>> > Is there a separate line item for the documentation CDs ?
>> >
>> >
>> > The question becomes whethyer paper documentation remains available for
>> > purchase (say you have a new customer) or whether it will be digital only.
>> >
>> >
>> >> BTW: Personally, while I use online resources for reference material,
>> >> I still prefer to use paper for tutorial/conceptual type reading when a
>> >> paper option is available. Am I alone in this ?
>> >
>> > Paper is often better unless you have 5 displays on your desktop :-(
>> > paper is also necessary when you do work at the SRM level or very low
>> > level (such as SYSBOOT) where your system has not booted sufficiently
>> > for you to access on-line documentation.
>> 
>> Bull...
>> 
>> Everyone professionall enough reads the PDFs on a laptop or
>> similar, not on the target system you are supporting, of course.
>
>I disagree with this. I've been writing code for a long time and it was
>definitely easier and I still prefer having a manual open on the desk for
>reference. Switching back and forth from where you are editing code to a
>manual in PDF is extremely disruptive, and searching using Acrobat takes
>longer than finding the information in a manual (even a very large one) if
>you know the manual from years of using it. Paper manuals are a clear win
>on this alone. I like having a full set of printed doc around and I prefer
>real books as well.

Hear, hear!

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