[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[JF Mezei]

Fritz Wuehler wrote:

> 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, 

I do not disagree with the above.

BUT.... If you added a supplemental display on your desk to display
docuemntation in .PDF with proper bookmarks, perhaps the experience
would be different.

The ability to copy/paste subroutine definitions into your code so you
can just fill in the arguments to ensure you have right number of args
in correct location is a plus, and this is something you can't do with
printed docs.


But I agree that with a single display,  printed docs are a must. OR,
perhaps having an ipad on your desk to display the docs while you type
your program on your computer display.


Now, for VMS doc, I was used to the grey binders (with a sprinkling of
orange ones). lay flat on desk and pages remained opened where you left
them.

But if you forced me to use the urrent paperback doc set, I would have
hated it because I couldn't leave a bookopened on the page describing
the terminal driver $QIO options without some brock over it to prevent
the book from closing. So from that point of view, .pdf would be far
superior to paperback documentation.