Just FYI, I'm following these threads and absorbing it all.
To the direct point, it seems like the Adobe Indexed set of element and
feature PDFs (SC27-8430) that Kevin Minerley mentioned in his response
should suffice, and perhaps even impress, for those of you wanting a
single downloadable of all z/OS PDFs. Also, truly consider giving KC4z,
which Kevin also mentioned, a try. It provides the option to mix and
match the z/OS plug-ins, if that's how you want to do things, for
maximum flexibility in an offline, topic search type environment. Take a
look through
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.hkc/hkc.htm
and see what you think.
To an indirect point, it's great to see the different statements in
support of PDFs and even the one for KC. I know how much (most of) you
miss the old product documentation tools, so this feedback is extremely
valuable as we work hard to develop a set of solutions that will
hopefully help you eventually forget them. The best thing that you can
do is (continue to) voice your feedback where it really counts, like at
SHARE and in feedback sessions with IBMers. (Of course, I'm always happy
to continue collecting feedback here, if it's your only resource.) To
that point, if any of you are willing to let my team bounce ideas off of
you, as long as the proper confidentiality boxes are checked, let me
know - we'll take you up on it.
Yours truly,
Sue Shumway
On 04/27/17 5:08 PM, Peter Hunkeler wrote:
The pdf's are fine for print and general reading. And searching has improved.
UNTIL I want the specific rc/rsn for an IDC3009I which is somewhere between
pages 299 and 573 in the iea3m602.pdf and since almost every other IDC message
references IDC3009I, the search in the pdf is pretty useless.
Exactly, it all depends on what your current need is. Are you looking for the
explanation of message, or do you need to understand a specific macro
parameter, or function parameter, etc.? Google, IBM KC, browser interface is
often an efficient and effective choice. Are you in need to understand a
concept, how does something work, etc.? One or more books are often to be
consulted, and whole section or chapters have to be read. Books, be it paper or
eBooks, is the choice.
So, IBM, and other vendors, need to understand that both variants are required.
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Peter Hunkeler
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