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echo: os2prog
to: Phil Crown
from: James Laine
date: 1996-07-25 17:22:54
subject: Watcom to make PM apps

-=> Quoting Phil Crown to James Laine <=-
 
 JL> I have recently purchased Watcom C/C++ v10.6, and am quite pleased
 JL> with the versatility and numerous libraries.  What I don't like about
 JL> it is the mannor in which the help files are organised.  Books would be
 JL> much better, but Watcom does not include them in the release;  They
 JL> cost extra.

 PC> Aren't the help files standard OS/2 .INF files?

Yes they are.

Unfortunately, OS/2 .INF files, and any other on-line help files I have
ever seen, do not think the same way I do.

When searching for something, I prety much need to know where to look
beforehand.  There is no way (that I know of) to search for items
based on an idea, only a key word (which ends up missing some things,
especially if you have poor spelling).

Any on-line help files which I have ever seen, do not have sufficient
search restrictions for filters such as boolean opperators, or information
type (such as technical reference, or general instruction).

But hey, the help files do contain a heck of a lot of good information!


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