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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 05/29/2018 12:31 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> 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.

I have never had a problem writing new man pages.  nroff is certainly
not difficult, especially at the level needed for something as simple
as a man page.

bill