> I didn't mean to ignore Mac platforms. So, as has been stated, I also agree
> that providing the help in a more open standard (such as HTML), would be
> great. There are plenty of tools available for parsing HTML into WinHelp
> format, etc (or maybe even QuickHelp? on the Mac). The PDF format seems not
> so open, and I'm not sure, but even proprietary?
>
> In my opinion, I'm all for leaving the "Companion", "CookBook" and
> "Tutorials" in PDF, but the "Reference" should be made into something that
> is more geared toward lookups/searches from IDE's and code editors on all
> platforms.
>
FWIW, I routinely leave a Virtual PC session open on my Mac for the
express purpose of using a WinHelp-format Palm reference. This, to me, is
infinitely preferable to searching HTML or PDF. I really don't care what
format the "Guide" documentation is in, but the reference really has to be
QUICKLY searchable for it to be useful. On Windows, that pretty much means
WinHelp, and on the Mac I guess it would be QuickView or QuickHelp, but I
really would settle for a Windows-centric solution if that's all I could
get.
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Dan Rowley
Innovative Computer Solutions
Developers of fine software for Newton, Windows CE, Palm Computing Platform,
Windows, and MacOS
