In article <[log in to unmask]>,
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>Following on the thread re the ESC and useability...
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>Wouldn't it be nice (as Mike Wilson used to say) if ALL the HP3000
>manuals were in HTML, beautifully marked up, and bundled with the
>HP3000. Updates could be downloadable, and even made available on HP's
>web pages. All you'd need to read them would be an FREE browser and a
>PC, and you could make them available on the company intranet.
>
>Also, it would be simple to add sections (linked from each manual or
>section within the manual) containing known bugs and fixes/workarounds.
>
>The beauty of this method is that it gets rid of the logistics of
>distributing the dreaded paper manuals and CD-ROM, and would once and
>for all get rid of that CD-ROM's rather clunky and archaic interface.
>
>If customers don't have web access, then give it to them on CD-ROM, but
>use a web browser as the access method.
>

Cool idea as long as it came with a searchable index as well. That's one big
advantage a tool like Windows Help has over HTML: Winhelp has a built-in
indexer and keyword search facility.

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Mark Landin
T. D. Williamson, Inc.
UNIX Sys. Admin
"If you take the smooth, you gotta take the rough" -- Rob Halford