Re: Bug #638: Online Manual not useful
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Bug #638: Online Manual not useful | ||
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> The online manual isn't helpful. It's frame by frame "hint methodology"
> disallows users to search, find and immediately scroll to needed
> information --nor does it permit users to easily see information leading
> up to the currently needed data --or following it. The PDF version is
> better, and an HTML version should be made available for inspection
> online.
Please check the site a bit more thoroughly before submitting stuff like
this. The single file HTML version has been available for months and is
listed in a very obvious place when you click on the "Documentation"
button. The direct URL is:
http://www.php.net/distributions/bigmanual.html
> Please get rid of that slow, clunky slide show. It may be pretty, but
> only for the few moments it takes to discover its drawbacks.
With the quick-reference lookup and the search functionality, I, and many
others, find it extremely useful.
-Rasmus