On 2020-08-07 21:21:-0400, Bill Frantz wrote: >With the manual online, and support for jumping to the relevant section, it >will be better than what I have with the K3, where the manual is on my >computer and I have to text search for the relevant section. The neat thing is >that the online manual can be automatically updated with new versions of the >firmware.
I agree with the idea that the online manual can be frequently updated, but so can the PDF of the manual. I like both. I have found with other large projects, that the online manual is not well-searchable, and is broken into sections, so if I don't know what I am looking for, I can't find it. I have many frustrating experiences with that. Also, with the PDF, I can make notes on the manual, as long as it is not write-restricted. Some vendors secure their PDFs so that we can't copy from the manuals or make notes, both of which are real handicaps for the me, with the way I like to operate. The online version will not be writable, in the sense that I can't make notes in the relevant sections, but at least I should be able to copy from the web pages. I find that I usually wind up with my own set of notes, because few manuals are close to complete. Being able to copy from the manual makes that much easier. My experiences are also that online manuals tend to be less well-developed than good quality paper manuals. I am still playing with a variety of methods for accumulating notes, including printing occasional pages of online manuals to PDF and adding them to my own PDF. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
