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Just curious, what did you use?
I think that the way IBM has gone away from easy-to-get-at manuals, with
search facilities over just those manuals, is unfortunate. The SoftLibrary
(BookManager or whatever) had superb search capabilities, and you could put
them on the 400 and use InfoSeeker right from a command line. Now, with
what looks like part of an attempt to force us off of direct interfaces
with the 400, they've removed STRINFSKR almost completely.
There was, for awhile, a set of the manuals in PDF format with the PDF
search facility, which is almost as useful as the SoftLibrary thing.
It seems we're being told to depend on search engines. In fact, as you
point out, they cannot do all the prioritizing, filtering, that a little
careful thought and familiarity with where to look, can do. If we want a
command, we go to the CL command manual (or maybe a few other
product-specific ones).
Something in Web presentation and access just does not work, at least for me.
Vern
At 03:32 PM 2/7/03 -0500, you wrote:
That is exactly mpy point Vern. Its not going to get solved with a search
engine. But 2 years ago I could find the answer with a couple of clicks.
Progress <> better.
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