nelson@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (J. Nelson Howell) (05/04/90)
In article <728@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >Well, if we're going to start looking at how horribly the Unix >man pages are organized, then we really can get off the ground >complaining! :-) The downside is that it is widely believed in >the industry that the HP-UX man pages are among the best that >you can get. Indeed, I have heard of people using other versions >of Unix and having their HP-UX documentation adjacent to the machine >due to its dramatically higher quality and more intelligent layout. > >Kind of hard to believe given that it's all so confusing and >awkward, but that's just another part of the fun of Unix. > I have to agree with those supporting HP-UX manuals. I am one of those who keep them for first reference. The ones most helpful are those that contain few of the 'traditional' man pages. They contain a lot of answers to 'How does it work?' type questions. This helps you find the appropriate man pages on other systems. (IBM4.3, DYNIX, AIX... we have a few systems here :-) It's still confusing, but if it was easy, anyone could (and would) do it. J. Nelson Howell | System Programmer nelson@midas.mgmt.purdue.edu Internet | Krannert Graduate School of Management NELSON@PURCCVM BITNET | Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN