Re: Perldoc on the web

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Scott Bryce wrote:

> Jürgen Exner wrote:
>
> > Why would there be a problem with standard perldoc on Windows?
>
> There isn't really. Perhaps I was wrong to post what I did. The
> problem is with the typical Windows user who is not accustomed to
> typing commands into the command window, and is more comfortable
> using a GUI.

With Activestate Perl, at least, I find that both options work: from
the bog-standard Windows cmd shell, or from the Start> ActivePerl>
Documentation gesture, which I'd have expected any Windows users to
comprehend - so what's the fuss about?

Web access *can* be useful, here on usenet, because we can cite a
public URL to it, and (given a working web server) anyone who browses
that URL will see the same thing; but, relative to a competent Perl
installation, it's otherwise a fallback solution that isn't always
available: when I'm booted into my Windows partition[1], the
documentation on my own disk, courtesy of activeperl, still works
whatever the state of the internet network link may be.

I'm afraid there are all too many lusers who'd like to have the
documentation read out to them, instead of consulting it for
themselves. If they get abusive when resisted, the killfile is their
natural resting place. Unfortunate, but I see no alternative.

best

[1] as opposed to a real OS - but let's not be discriminatory for the
present purpose ;-)
.

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