SUMMARY: dxbook substitute ?

From: Javier M. Pereira <javier_at_eui.upm.es>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 16:49:14 +0100 (MET)

 Hi managers,
  
 
 Question:
 
> I would like to know if there is a way to read and print the documentation
> of the osf cd-rom (dxbook format), since dxbook does not work properly.
>
> Perhaps a converter to html...
> any clues ?
>
> If there is not, I wonder how digital gives documentation and nothing to
> read it. It is like if I had the cd-rom only to list its files. (not enough
> for me, I would like to see/print them.
>
> T.I.A.
> javier
>
 
 Answers:
 
 The Digital Customer Support Center has an improved copy of dxbook (actually
 a FT release of dxbook for V4 of Digital UNIX). It fixes most of the major
 Postscript print problems, the big one being missing words, though some of
 the tables and illustrations still dont print right.
 
 Pat Lampert Digital Customer Service
 
 Bookreader's printing facilities are rather poor (they call it draft-quality in
 their own documentation on Bookreader) and were only recently added. They are
 intended for printing out a few pages at a time, not complete books.
 
 John Francini
 
 What do you mean with "does not work properly". I know the "Print book.."
 option in dxbook does not work so good when trying to print Postscript. But
 I have had no problems to read the documentation on the screen and printing
 text output (without formatting) works OK.
 
 Kalle Flodkvist
 
 There's a serious problem with printing from dxbook in V3.n, but I have found
 that an entirely acceptable workaround is to go back to the V2.1 version of
 dxbook. It works fine under V3.2. You have to remember to reinstate the "uid"
 file that goes with it as well as the binary.
 dxbook is not ideal, but I find it perfectly usable.
 
 Martyn Johnson
 
 
 Thank you all,
 I appreciate your time
 
 Javier.
 
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