[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[ChrisQ]

On 11/26/11 21:07, Fritz Wuehler wrote:

>> 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.
>

I agree with that sentiment, but pdf is very convenient and takes up far 
less
room than hard copy. Still have memories of 3 or 4 grey wall volumes 
open on the
desk at once and it is very cumbersome and not ideal. For embedded work, 
the
solution has been to ring bind just the register definitions for the 
various on
chip peripherals, but it still takes up a lot of space. Perhaps a couple 
of hundred
pages out of > 1000.

The solution that would tick all the boxes for me would be a pdf reader 
with
tabbing and bookmarks, as per Firefox, to enable moving from sparse 
matrix style
page to page with a single mouse click...

Regards,

Chris