Re: [boost] ATTENTION: Library requirements..

Subject: Re: [boost] ATTENTION: Library requirements..
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-01-11 13:02:01

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Andrey Semashev
> Sent: 11 January 2016 17:27
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] ATTENTION: Library requirements..
> 
> On 2016-01-11 19:36, Paul A. Bristow wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Boost
> >> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Andrey Semashev
> >> Sent: 11 January 2016 15:03 To: boost_at_[hidden] Subject: Re:
> >> [boost] ATTENTION: Library requirements..
> >>
> >> I've never seriously used pdf docs for Boost. I understand that it
> >> should be better in terms of noise results, but it just too
> >> inconvenient and heavy for me to use. Since most of the work I do is
> >> done from mc or a code editor like QtCreator, the pdf viewer feels
> >> like a fifth wheel (with a flat tire).
> >
> > Why don't you have another window open?  Preferably on another screen,
> > of course.
> 
> I find it inconvenient to switch back and forth between windows all the time.
> 
>  And I have only one screen.

Big mistake!
> 
> > Navigation *should* be as easy in PDF as HTML.  It is if generated
> > using Quickbook. All the links should be there (if a little less
> > visible).
> 
> PDF viewers typically don't have Back/Forward/Open in a new tab buttons, which I extensively use
> while browsing.

Most annoyingly on recent Adobe Readers, they are hidden by default, but still exist.  (Microsoft
Edge is only suitable for reading web-trash).

 :-(

Paul