(This topic belongs on IBM-MAIN; it's of broader interest than HLASM.) On Dec 9, 2012, at 05:52, Bob Raicer wrote:
> First, the mandatory disclaimer: The content of this message is my > personal view only and does not in any way reflect the opinion or position > of my employer. > Me, too. > I couldn't agree more with the overall sentiment about Infocenter -- it's > miserable. > Me, too. > For PDF reading and editing I use Foxit PhantomPDF. > I don't download the docs; I browse and search them on publibz. I hope I'm not perceived as abusive, or even spoiling it for everyone. > Unfortunately, none of the PDF reading software has great document > searching capabilities. The IBM Library Reader and the Softcopy Reader > both do a dramatically better job against the BookManager format files. > Searching is much facilitated by good indexes, and indexes are best maintained centrally, with least duplication of resource. Hmmm. I believe Google markets its search technology. Might the current doc source be rendered as HTML, and indexed by a good search engine. I understand (but am I correct?) that the publibz web site maintains its repository in Bookie format and converts to HTML on demand. Omit the Bookie step. I sometimes use Google to search for a specific term and it gives me hits on Infocenter. -- gil
