[Info-vax] The best VMS features, was: Re: openvms renaming file

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-05-27, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 5/27/2018 7:32 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2018-05-27, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>>> decent HELP and other documentation,
>> 
>> The HELP command on VMS is utterly useless unless you already know
>> exactly what you are looking for and don't need to navigate between
>> topics.
>
> I think that depends a lot on the perspective.
>
> If the requirement is that it must be able to run on a VT terminal,
> then I don't think it is that bad.
>

Info also runs on a character cell terminal and is much more usable
than VMS help.

I can't believe I wrote that :-), but it's true.

For one thing, you have keyword/incremental search in Info as
well as selectable links to other parts of a manual when you
are using Info to find information buried within a full manual.

> If we compare to a hyper text GUI as is the standard today,
> then it is not good.
>

I am thinking about the various character cell options available
on Linux.

Simon.

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