kamal.syed@f480.n250.z1.fidonet.org (kamal syed) (03/14/90)
This would not be very useful. Most people who would have the space to
have a man command (those who buy HDs initially) are usually those that
can quickly hack around with a system and pick up most of it anyways.
Its the beginners that would need the manual. And most
beginners/"low-end" users would not buy an HD initially.
KS
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From article <90031520084142@masnet.uucp>, by kamal.syed@f480.n250.z1.fidonet.org (kamal syed): > This would not be very useful. Most people who would have the space to > have a man command (those who buy HDs initially) are usually those that > can quickly hack around with a system and pick up most of it anyways. > Its the beginners that would need the manual. And most > beginners/"low-end" users would not buy an HD initially. A man command wouldn't be the best solution. Printed manuals would be better. However, the man command itself could reside in the C: directory--it wouldn't have to be big. The information it displayed could reside on a separate disk. The user would type "man" or press the "Help" key or click on a "Help" icon--whatever interface makes the most sense--and see a requester advising him to insert disk "ManualText" (or whatever) in a drive. Even the novice user could make that work, I think. It would be a lot cheaper than providing printed manuals. That means it is a lot more likely to get done. --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...uunet!pdn!jc3b21!fgd3
hopp@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Eric D. Hopp) (03/28/90)
In article <869@jc3b21.UUCP> fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) writes: ...quote of a thread I didn't read... > A man command wouldn't be the best solution. Printed manuals would be >better. However, the man command itself could reside in the C: >directory--it wouldn't have to be big. The information it displayed could >reside on a separate disk. The user would type "man" or press the "Help" >key or click on a "Help" icon--whatever interface makes the most sense--and >see a requester advising him to insert disk "ManualText" (or whatever) in a >drive. Even the novice user could make that work, I think. It would be a >lot cheaper than providing printed manuals. That means it is a lot more >likely to get done. Interesting. I've got a script version of "man" in my S: directory. It takes one argument; the name of the text file to read. It hunts for it in man:, and reports its absence if it didn't exist. If it does exist, it calls more on it. I'm using a hard disk, and I either got man files from the ARP distrobution or made them myself. It sure would be neat if Commodore sold/bundled the man files for the C: commands and the .library calls. -eric hopp hopp@stolaf.edu