spw2562@ritcv.UUCP (Fishhook) (01/27/86)
In article <209@maynard.UUCP> campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) writes: > It's IMPOSSIBLE to find anything >in the XENIX manuals because they're unbundled. That means there are >three different, separately priced packages, and their manuals are >sold separately. No more just looking commands up alphabetically in >Volume 1, system calls in Volume 2, etc. You have to guess which doc >set the thing is in. Quick: is 'sed' in the kernel kit, the >programmer's kit, or the text processing kit? How about 'awk'? What >about 'csh'? I have nearly heaved my XENIX manuals against the wall >on several occasions because of this brain damage. >Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. >ARPA: maynard.UUCP:campbell@harvard.ARPA 120 Fulton Street >UUCP: {harvard,cbosgd}!wjh12!maynard!campbell Boston MA 02109 We just got our v3.0 XENIX where I work, and I've been looking through the Development System Upgrade manuals to familiarize myself before installing it. We have 5 (yes, 5) manuals. The Reference manual, which has two sections, the Programmer manual with has one section, the Programmer Reference manual with two sections, the Text Processing manual, don't remember how many sections, and another manual I can't remember the name of right now. I've found the same thing Larry has about finding things in this collection of manuals. Their organization of the manuals doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I suggest anyone else who has found this write to the distrubutor of their package and complain. Maybe we can get some real manuals to replace the ones that are currently being distributed. Incidentally, our package is TRS's version of Xenix. ============================================================================== Steve Wall @ Rochester Institute of Technology Usenet: ..!rochester!ritcv!spw2562 (Fishhook) Unix 4.2 BSD BITNET: SPW2562@RITVAXC (Snoopy) VAX/VMS 4.2 Disclaimer: I don't work here...