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

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> 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 Distributing anything (docs or software) on CD is very outdated.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.
> 

Ok, I see, you were mainly discussing the type of media, CD, more than 
saying the online stuff was adequate.