nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (02/28/90)
Has anyone else had the sudden urge, while scanning a printed document, to say, "oh heck, I'll never find it this way, I'll just grep for it", only to realize that you don't have the document on-line? -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 Violence never solves problems, it just changes them into more subtle problems
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (02/28/90)
Has anyone else had the sudden urge, while searching through a printed document for something you read earlier, to say, "oh heck, I'll never find it this way, I'll just grep for it", only to realize that you don't have the document on-line? -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 Violence never solves problems, it just changes them into more subtle problems
ray3rd@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ray E. Saddler III) (03/01/90)
In article <NELSON.90Feb27160753@image.clarkson.edu>, (Russ Nelson) writes:
:
: Has anyone else had the sudden urge, while scanning a printed document, to
: say, "oh heck, I'll never find it this way, I'll just grep for it", only
: to realize that you don't have the document on-line?
:
Well, yes I have a matter of fact, and one neeto-keen feature that
our new Solbourne 4/600 fileserver has, is a command called 'lookup',
which helps you find documentation references by keyword.
Example:
$ lookup suntools
file, suntools:
binder: Beginner's Guides
tab: SunView 1 Beginner's Guide, page 8-4
suntools file:
binder: Beginner's Guides
tab: SunView 1 Beginner's Guide, page 8-4
sysdiag, Under suntools:
binder: Administration Guides
tab: System Diagnostics Manual, page 2-1
Pretty cool, huh!
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Seattle, WA. 98124 USA +1 206-657-2824 Missile Systems Division mikej@lilink.com (Michael R. Johnston) (03/01/90)
In article <NELSON.90Feb27165217@sun.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes: >Has anyone else had the sudden urge, while searching through a printed >document for something you read earlier, to say, "oh heck, I'll never >find it this way, I'll just grep for it", only to realize that you >don't have the document on-line? Yeah, I hate when THAT happens. -- Michael R. Johnston mikej@lilink.com Lilink Communications rutgers!lilink!mikej "Affordable Unix Solutions" (516) 285-4148
david@ics.ics.COM (David B. Lewis) (03/02/90)
I saw IBM's new Powerstation 6000/520 yesterday, and the salesman told me that IBM is distributing documention that includes only a thin booklet on setting up the system and a 600MB-capacity CD which contains hypermedia (audio, text, visuals) documentation. IBM is heavily pushing people to use the on-line documentation (primarily by making printed docs prohibitively expensive). David B. Lewis david@ics.com david%ics.UUCP@bu.edu ...!uunet!ics.com!david "Some people are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them, and others get greatness as a graduation present." - Robin Williams on current politicians
lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) (03/06/90)
In article <1990Mar1.163701.9513@ICS.COM> david@ics.ics.COM (David B. Lewis) writes: >IBM is heavily pushing people to use >the on-line documentation (primarily by making printed docs prohibitively >expensive). Does this mean they're going to make X Windows work? -- Lyndon Nerenberg VE6BBM / Computing Services / Athabasca University {alberta,decwrl}!atha!lyndon || lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA UREP: Peru in disguise?
geoff@edm.uucp (Geoff Coleman) (03/06/90)
From article <1736@aurora.AthabascaU.CA>, by lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg):
-> In article <1990Mar1.163701.9513@ICS.COM> david@ics.ics.COM (David B. Lewis) writes:
->>IBM is heavily pushing people to use
->>the on-line documentation (primarily by making printed docs prohibitively
->>expensive).
->
-> Does this mean they're going to make X Windows work?
-> --
-> Lyndon Nerenberg
Presumably X windows will work on the X station eventually it
seems to work on the 320 right now. At least IBM gives you a choice of
hardcopy or on line man pages. Try to find the on line man pages from AT&T
(at any cost).
Geoff Colemanjkrueger@dgis.dtic.dla.mil (Jon) (03/16/90)
marc@stingray..austin.ibm.com (Marc J. Stephenson/140000;1C-22) writes: >VRM is merged into the kernel. The kernel is a VRM. Think about it. What value has IBM added with its? -- Jon -- Jonathan Krueger jkrueger@dtic.dla.mil uunet!dgis!jkrueger The Philip Morris Companies, Inc: without question the strongest and best argument for an anti-flag-waving amendment.
drake@sd2.almaden.ibm.com (Sam Drake) (03/17/90)
In article <794@dgis.dtic.dla.mil> jkrueger@dgis.dtic.dla.mil (Jon) writes: > >What value has IBM added with its [kernel]? The AIX 3 kernel is: o Pageable (most of the kernel doesn't hog up real memory when not in use) o Pre-emptable (device drivers and kernel routines can be interrupted by higher priority tasks and interrupts, allowing a more responsive system) o Has dynamically definable/deletable/reconfigurable device drivers (no kernel rebuilds) o Has dynamically definable/deletable kernel extensions (you can add new system calls to the kernel as the system runs without a kernel rebuild) o Improved realtime capabilities (due to the pre-emptable kernel etc) o Etc. Opinions are my own. Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center Internet: drake@ibm.com BITNET: DRAKE at ALMADEN Usenet: ...!uunet!ibmarc!drake Phone: (408) 927-1861
fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) (03/21/90)
In article <1762@awdprime.UUCP> marc@stingray..austin.ibm.com (Marc J. Stephenson/140000;1C-22) writes: >AIX Version 3 is still in development. >.... >DISCLAIMER: The content of this posting is independent of official IBM position. Interesting. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | Q: How does a project get to be one CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late? A: One day at a time.