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

Phillip Helbig undress to reply helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de
Tue May 29 00:31:33 EDT 2018


In article <peff62$jkl$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> > 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.

But often one does know what one wants, but wants to check a qualifier 
or something.  For text-based documentation, much better than man.  
Also, a simple and effective format for the source, easy to write one's 
own HELP libraries, etc.

> > EDT,
> 
> You are kidding, right ?

Not at all.




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