On 4/29/21 12:44 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
IIRC, I based my erroneous opinion on:
https://www.tombrennansoftware.com/screens.html
https://www.tombrennansoftware.com/edit.html
That's only an image -- I hate those!
An image is better than nothing.
x3270 offers a choice of:
o Bitmap (which is embedded in PostScript!)
I'm guessing that the bitmap is as useful as the images linked to above.
o Text
Text is better than pictures. Especially if it's formatting is good (or
can be fixed with a font change).
o HTML (which preserves colors in searchable text)
o Rich Text
I would expect both of these to preserve colors and be searchable.
I used to always try to copy text into documentation, matching fonts,
colors, and layout to look like the real thing. That way if someone
searched the documentation for a message, chances were very good that
the screen grab (or the surrounding test) would match.
If someone finds something that's not (yet) documented, well, they get
to update the documentation accordingly while preserving the style. --
We used this extensively when I was at IBM and used Team Rooms in Lotus
Notes / Domino.
"Props"? "Perhaps"?
"Props" as in "kudos" or "accolades" for having a nice feature.
--
Grant. . . .
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