Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-15 Thread Rick Troth
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Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-15 Thread David Boyes
> Maybe IBM could create a Windows compiled Help file for those using a > Windows desktop and INFO or MAN files for those using a Linux desktop. There is a pdf2docbook utility from Cambridge Systems. It produces ugly, ugly output (like most Docbook related things), but it's one way to handle PDFs.

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-15 Thread Thomas Kern
Maybe IBM could create a Windows compiled Help file for those using a Windows desktop and INFO or MAN files for those using a Linux desktop. /Tom Kern On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:43:34 -0600, Scott Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED] m> wrote: >Thanks for all the feedback here.. good ideas and pointers.. >

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-15 Thread Scott Rohling
Thanks for all the feedback here.. good ideas and pointers.. What I've decided on is: - Keeping all the VM doc in PDF files on my laptop - Using Google Desktop (the Linux version of course) to find what I'm looking for. It would still be cool to do a 'help cpquery nss' or something similar fr

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-06 Thread David Boyes
> But, searching a PDF for a keyword is far less good than the search > method in bookmanager read, both in performance and in the > presentation of the search result. (Even though FoxitReader searches > faster than Acrobat reader, both need to scan the whole PDF file what > takes time). Only if

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-06 Thread Ivica Brodaric
> > And I did get used to the improved layout of the PDF books. > -Rob > I use PDF format for longer reading, BookManager format for quick search. If you download whole bookshelves, they come with bookshelf indexes which let you search even multiple bookshelves pretty quickly. Mind you, I just we

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-05 Thread Kris Buelens
But, searching a PDF for a keyword is far less good than the search method in bookmanager read, both in performance and in the presentation of the search result. (Even though FoxitReader searches faster than Acrobat reader, both need to scan the whole PDF file what takes time). 2008/8/6 Rob van d

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-05 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Ivica Brodaric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have a look at IBM Softcopy Librarian and IBM Softcopy Reader (both free): While the books in BookManager format are about 15% of the size of a PDF for the book, the Java client of 60 MB (!) spoiled some of the fun. And I

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-05 Thread Ivica Brodaric
Have a look at IBM Softcopy Librarian and IBM Softcopy Reader (both free): http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/librarian.html http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/softcopyread.html You need Windows with Java for both. The Librarian lets you download (or i

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-04 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Scott Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I often want to see a z/VM help file when I don't have access to z/VM or am > not online, to figure out the syntax of a command, etc. I know there are > PDF manuals, etc -- but was wondering if anyone knew of something tha

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-04 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
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Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-04 Thread Kris Buelens
diately by reply e-mail > and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." > > > > > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Lionel B. Dyck > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 12:24 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UA

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-04 Thread Marcy Cortes
ect: Re: [IBMVM] Portable z/VM help? Where might one find that tool (CMSHELP CGIREXX) ? thx Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist Enterprise Platform Services, Mainframe Engineering KP-IT Enterprise Engineering 925-926-5332 (8-473-5332) | E-Mail: [

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-04 Thread Lionel B. Dyck
without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you. From: Marcy Cortes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 08/04/2008 12:14 PM Subject: Re: Portable z/VM help? Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System Do you have a web server on your VM system? (ESAWEB?) Rick Troth&#

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-04 Thread Marcy Cortes
perating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:31 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Portable z/VM help? I often want to see a z/VM help file when I don't have access to z/VM or am not online, to figure out the syntax of a c

Re: Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-04 Thread Lionel B. Dyck
and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you. From: Scott Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 08/04/2008 11:31 AM Subject: Portable z/VM help? Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System I often want to

Portable z/VM help?

2008-08-04 Thread Scott Rohling
I often want to see a z/VM help file when I don't have access to z/VM or am not online, to figure out the syntax of a command, etc. I know there are PDF manuals, etc -- but was wondering if anyone knew of something that: - Download MAINT 19D files to workstation (this can be done with ftp manual