On Sunday 09 December 2012 09:17:01 Erik Christiansen did opine: > On 09.12.12 05:31, John Thornton wrote: > > Yea, there is nothing intuitive about man pages... either you know the > > magic names or your lost. > > Probably the easiest way to make that connection for the user is to add > a one-line manpage for each of loadrt, addf, setp, net, etc, along the > lines of ".so filename", as described in ""man zsoelim". > Now that seems like a worthwhile project.
> I don't have LinuxCNC manpages on this host, but can demonstrate with > another manpage and a fictitious new one, "fred". The manpage file for > gawk is: > > $ man -w gawk > /usr/share/man/man1/gawk.1.gz > > so to redirect the new one to it: > > # echo .so man1/gawk.1.gz > /usr/share/man/man1/fred.1 > > Now: > > $ man fred > > throws up the gawk manpage. I'm fast catching up with Gene apropos > forgettery skills, so might just whack them in on the other host. > (So long as I remember to do that.) I swear, its contagious, Erik. > And, yes, I have the "mandb" manpage database gumpf hereآ¹ too: > > $ file /var/cache/man/index.db > /var/cache/man/index.db: GNU dbm 1.x or ndbm database, little endian > > But man is clever enough to snuffle about if what you ask for isn't in > there. > > Erik > > آ¹ $ more /etc/issue > Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS \n \l Thanks Erik. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! The best thing about being bald is, that, when unexpected company arrives, all you have to do is straighten your tie. I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
