[Info-vax] VMS v8.4 Documentation CDROM bugs

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

David Froble skrev den 2015-05-07 16:52:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> Alan Frisbie skrev den 2015-05-07 02:28:
>>> On 05/06/2015 03:35 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
>>>
>>>> Suggest you write a script to either fix the URLs in the .HTML to match
>>>> the case of the filenames, or rename the filenames to match the case of
>>>> the URLs.
>>>>
>>>> On VAX, Once converted some Motif HTML manuals and had to script edit
>>>> all the URLs to remove spaces etc which VAX didn't support.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Notifying VSI may result in VMS 9.0 having matched case sensitive URLs
>>>> and filenames, but I wouldn't expect them to change 8.4 docset.
>>>>
>>>> The other option would be to go through a WEB server which *should* be
>>>> case insensituve (or be set to be).
>>>
>>> There are plenty of work-arounds, as several people suggested, and I
>>> certainly don't expect the v8.4 CD to be re-issued.   I just want to
>>> help make it -- wait for it... -- "Fixed In Next Release."   :-)
>>> (I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.)
>>>
>>> Alan
>>
>> Now, in todays web centric world, who would need a documentation *CD*?
>> What is there on that CD that is not available on-line?
>>
>> (Yes, I know of the temporary troubles at HP, but I expect that
>> to be solved in a few days...)
>
> As you yourself admit, there can be problems when depending on others. It's
> not solved yet, right?
>
>> Haven't used or seen a doc-CD in decades.
>
> When you have limited (or no) internet connection, the online stuff isn't
> so useful.  Having the documentation local...

I have. It's on my laptop. Saved from the web.

>, grey wall, orange wall,
> optical, or other can be very helpful.
>
> Yeah, I'm aware that you claim to have a decent internet connection, but
> not everyone is so lucky, and even so, right now today, it isn't helpful,
> is it?

I havn't "used" the web based docs for some time, since shortly
after V8.4 was released I think. The docs for V8.4 on my laptop
hasn't changed since then, as far as I know.

Distributing anything (docs or software) on CD is very outdated.

Jan-Erik.

>
> I don't use optical, I have the documentation on a mirrored disk.  And on a
> USB memory stick.