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Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? [message #33992 is a reply to message #33990]

Tue, 11 February 2003 09:50

R.G. Stockwell
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Registered: July 1999

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Pavel A. Romashkin wrote:

> Eric wrote:
>
>> I would also comment to David that sometimes users are loathe to change
>> for a good reason. User interface is a big deal to some of us and this
>> really appears to be a step backwards. Unfortunate.
>>
>
> Oh, what are you talking about! It is so simple to convert PDF to HTML
> and back. Takes no more than 200 lines of code. Not that I want to try
> it on IDL help. It is perfect as it is.
> Cheers,
> Pavel

If one is really interested, just google for pdf2html.

IMHO pdf is the standard for documentation/ebook/etc.
Submission to journals, or proposals for funding often
require pdf format.
One advantage is that users cannot (easily) modify the
document, so RSI can maintain control of the help files
better than easily-edited html files.

Cheers,
bob

(for fun I go onto my colleagues computers and grepily remove
all "not"s from their documention. BWAHAHAHAHA!
Its called job security, ma'am.)

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		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Robert S. Hill on Wed, 12 February 2003 03:06
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: hcp on Wed, 12 February 2003 01:58
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Randall Skelton on Wed, 12 February 2003 00:24
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Thomas Gutzler on Tue, 11 February 2003 17:26
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: JD Smith on Tue, 11 February 2003 13:58
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Bruce Bowler on Tue, 11 February 2003 12:14
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 11 February 2003 12:07
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: JD Smith on Tue, 11 February 2003 11:52
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Rick Towler on Tue, 11 February 2003 10:01
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Wayne Landsman on Tue, 11 February 2003 09:57
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: R.G. Stockwell on Tue, 11 February 2003 09:50
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 11 February 2003 08:47
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Tue, 11 February 2003 08:24
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: David Fanning on Tue, 11 February 2003 08:18
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Eric[1] on Tue, 11 February 2003 07:56
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: hcp on Tue, 11 February 2003 07:45
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: David Fanning on Tue, 11 February 2003 07:05
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: Alexander Rauscher on Thu, 27 February 2003 02:10
		Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? By: rmoss4 on Wed, 12 February 2003 08:48

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