[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article
<efe68e9c4118d4fc586061b9a352d6a0 at msgid.frell.theremailer.net>, Fritz
Wuehler <fritz at spamexpire-201111.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> writes: 


> > 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.

While I agree with your sentiments regarding the advantages of a paper 
manual (I have a full set of the Grey Wall), to be fair Jan-Erik was 
comparing reading the documentation on a system other than the one one 
is working on to reading the documentation on the system one is working 
on itself, which is obviously a problem if said system is booting etc.
(I do disagree with Jan-Erik regarding "working on the system"; I like 
to work on the server itself as far as possible, not logged in remotely 
from a Windows laptop or whatever.  But that is another issue.)