allen@grebyn.com (03/22/90)
In response of to plethora of references:
It seems as if there is a desire for somewhat of a 'man' command. I use
a solution which appeared in AmigaWorld some time ago. It works quite
well and probably could be adapted to work with a floppy system.
Step 1. -- Create a place for all the doc/help/man files. This could
be a directory on the HD or a single floppy. Call this
directory/disk MAN:. Now copy all your documentation files
to the MAN: directory/disk changing the extention to .man
in the process.
Step 2. -- Copy the very useful PD utility 'more' to your c: directory.
In fact, you can put it anywhere the path will reach, I use
a /bin directory for all non-1.3 binaries.
Step 3. -- This is the critical step. Add to your shell-startup or
startup-sequence file the following line:
alias man more MAN:[].man
If you're using the HD method you need to add:
assign MAN: YourDevice:YourPath/YourDirectory
Step 4. -- Reboot the machine. You now should be able type:
man foo
and have more invoked on the foo.man file. In UNIX systems,
the man command launches a more-like interface. It may even
be more with the appropriate file piped in.
This method works very nicely, I use all the time. It only takes 11284
bytes on the workbench disk and you will be prompted for the MAN: disk
if you're using floppies.
So much for my two-cents.
--Allenchrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) (03/22/90)
In article <19485@grebyn.com> allen@grebyn.com writes: >Step 3. -- This is the critical step. Add to your shell-startup or > startup-sequence file the following line: > > alias man more MAN:[].man > > If you're using the HD method you need to add: > > assign MAN: YourDevice:YourPath/YourDirectory I've been doing this for a while. I can attest that it works very nicely. One of these days I'm going to get around to writing an ARexx script to make things more intelligent, but.... -Chris -- Chris Lang, University of Michigan, College of Engineering +1 313 763 1832 4622 Bursley, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu WORK: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 900 Victors Way, Suite 226, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 +1 313 995 0300 "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst) (03/23/90)
In article <1990Mar22.044015.4535@caen.engin.umich.edu> chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) writes: >In article <19485@grebyn.com> allen@grebyn.com writes: >> alias man more MAN:[].man >> assign MAN: YourDevice:YourPath/YourDirectory > >I've been doing this for a while. I can attest that it works very nicely. >One of these days I'm going to get around to writing an ARexx script to >make things more intelligent, but.... I'm just using standard AmigaShell commands to get: man -> list of available manuals (autodocs) man topic -> manual document (topic is the filename with or without extension) mh -> list of include directories (i.e. exec/graphics/devices/...) mh directory -> list of headers with that directory mh header -> headerfile (filename is with or without extension) mi -> same for assembler includes fd library function or fd library offset (postive or negative) to get the appropriate line of the fd file Michael van Elst p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
pmorris@bbn.com (phil morris) (03/27/90)
>From: Chris Lang <chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu> >Subject: Re: Request from CBM for Improvements >Date: 22 Mar 90 04:40:00 GMT >To: amiga-relay@udel.edu > >In article <19485@grebyn.com> allen@grebyn.com writes: >>Step 3. -- This is the critical step. Add to your shell-startup or >> startup-sequence file the following line: >> >> alias man more MAN:[].man >> >> If you're using the HD method you need to add: >> >> assign MAN: YourDevice:YourPath/YourDirectory > >I've been doing this for a while. I can attest that it works very nicely. >One of these days I'm going to get around to writing an ARexx script to >make things more intelligent, but.... > > -Chris >-- >Chris Lang, University of Michigan, College of Engineering +1 313 763 1832 > 4622 Bursley, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu >WORK: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, > 900 Victors Way, Suite 226, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 +1 313 995 0300 >"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson What about just using MRMan?? You don't have to have all the files in a single directory nor do they have to end in .man (they can end in .man, .doc, .txt, no extension, etc). This program I have found to be VERY useful. -------- Phil Morris (pmorris@dgi0.bbn.com) Disclaimer: ME? I'm only a non-smoking cat; can't believe a word I meow.
chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) (03/27/90)
In article <15038@snow-white.udel.EDU> pmorris@bbn.com (phil morris) writes: >What about just using MRMan?? You don't have to have all the files in a >single directory nor do they have to end in .man (they can end in .man, >.doc, .txt, no extension, etc). This program I have found to be VERY >useful. What is MRMan? More importantly, where can it be found? >Phil Morris (pmorris@dgi0.bbn.com) >Disclaimer: ME? I'm only a non-smoking cat; can't believe a word I meow. ^^^^^^^^^^^ I'll refrain from making any smoking jokes...I imagine you get enough of -Chris those... :-) -- Chris Lang, University of Michigan, College of Engineering +1 313 763 1832 4622 Bursley, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu WORK: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 900 Victors Way, Suite 226, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 +1 313 995 0300 "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson