rbl@nitrex.UUCP (09/22/87)
In article <1337@van-bc.UUCP> sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes: >In article <306@kksys.UUCP> gk@kksys.UUCP (Greg Kemnitz) writes: >** Mild Flame ** > >Why couldn't Prentice Hall include a permuted index for their reference >manuals. They are presented in the classic Unix style with a totally >inadequate index which is basically the table of contents reformatted. It >makes these books very hard to use. > AND, they managed to reverse the left and right pages, so that the utility name is buried in the inside of the page, not in the upper edge where it is most useful. Also, some quotation marks are missing in key places, totally misleading the reader about the difference between, say, $* and its alternative! -- Rob Lake {decvax,ihnp4!cbosgd}!mandrill!nitrex!rbl