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Re: Is PDF the only help option in 5.6? [message #33999 is a reply to message #33998]

Tue, 11 February 2003 07:45

hcp
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|> Eric Williams (radvelmanUSE_NET@netscape.net) writes:
|>
|> > I really dislike using Acrobat Reader to browse help in IDL now. Is
|> > there an option to get the old hyperlinked help back(last version
|> > before this I used was 5.3)?

The change happened between 5.5 and 5.6

|> > Everyone of my users has complained about this also.

Yup. Most of ours also.

... and In article <MPG.18b2bf3adc860ca6989ad7@news.frii.com>,
David Fanning <david@dfanning.com> writes:

|> Oh, I think they will get used to it. Users are inherently
|> conservative and loathe to change. Just be patient. A couple
|> of months from now you won't hear any more about this.

Just because people get used to something doesn't mean it is good. And I
really do think this was a change for the worse. Is it just us Unix users
that this has happened to or did something similar happen on MacOS / Win?

Hugh

ObFreeSoftwareZealotry: Yet another reason to try R.

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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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