[Zope-dev] [RfC] Removal of old stuff in Zope 2.10

[Jens Vagelpohl]

On 20 Dec 2005, at 19:47, Andreas Jung wrote:

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> --On 20. Dezember 2005 14:27:18 -0500 Paul Winkler  
> <pw_lists at slinkp.com> wrote:
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>> just to be clear, the stuff I'm talking about is ZMI user interface
>> docs, not programmer docs.
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> I'll raise the question again: what are the benefits of the HelpSys  
> for a Zope user?

I would say the only benefit was the unification of docs for Zope and  
installed third party products in one place, and its "context- 
sensitivity" for documenting screens in the ZMI when you're on them  
by clicking the link. I've always tried to be good about it, and most  
of my software has relatively up-to-date HelpSys documentation.

On the other hand I believe most product authors don't use HelpSys  
documentation, and the Zope-provided pieces are way less current and  
informative than the Zope book (2.7 version).

IMHO it would be nice if the HelpSys could be changed so that it  
still provides those Help! links, but the product author can simply  
assign a URL to them to point to a place where they copied and pasted  
their docs into a website. That's not too much of an imposition on  
product authors I think.

jens