Fw: IDS9.4 manuals in HTML

I always thought that PDF stood for Pretty Dumb Format....maybe that's just me. Certainly it does not seem to be designed with the average user in mind. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Bull" <c.bull@videonetworks.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:02 Subject: RE: IDS9.4 manuals in HTML > Obnoxio The Clown wrote > > > > > > > > As a rabid anti PDF user, I thought others might be > > interested in this > > > info I have been given by docinfo. > > > > > >> Also, if you are interested, there are currently IDS 9.4 > > versions of > > >> several manuals in HTML format in the DataBlade Developer's > > >> Kit InfoShelf, > > >> at this URL: > > >> > > >> > > http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/dbdk/ > index.html > > What's wrong with PDF? 0:-) > > You cannot cut and paste across a page break > You cannot view a multiple column page properly unless you have a megabucks > screen > You cannot view text across a page break > .... > ad nauseum. > > Still, I should be old enough and ugly enough not to feed the trolls.:-() > > Colin B > > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list