Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > > Well, to save folks from too much reality, let me speak in hyperbole. > This is the worst holiday season of our 45 years of marriage. > You are a good man and I hope and pray for strength of body and soul for you and your family. Regards,

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 12/9/2012 10:09 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I just took my first sip, but it hasn't reached my brain yet.:( >> But the status report was on the Mrs, not this stuff. > > Well, to save folks from too much reality, let me speak in hyperbole. > T

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Sunday 09 December 2012 19:41:08 Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 12/9/2012 10:09 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I just took my first sip, but it hasn't reached my brain yet.:( > > But the status report was on the Mrs, not this stuff. > > Well, to save folks from too much reality, let me speak in hyp

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On 12/9/2012 10:09 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > I just took my first sip, but it hasn't reached my brain yet.:( > But the status report was on the Mrs, not this stuff. Well, to save folks from too much reality, let me speak in hyperbole. This is the worst holiday season of our 45 years of marriage.

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Sunday 09 December 2012 10:06:49 Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 12/9/2012 9:14 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > > That's what I get by firing up the fingers while there's still too > > much blood in my caffeine stream.;-) > > Different strokes for different folks. I'm old enough to need the > caffeine ju

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 12/9/2012 9:14 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: >> That's what I get by firing up the fingers while there's still too >> much blood in my caffeine stream.;-) > > Different strokes for different folks. I'm old enough to need the > caffeine just to make

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On 12/9/2012 9:14 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > That's what I get by firing up the fingers while there's still too > much blood in my caffeine stream.;-) Different strokes for different folks. I'm old enough to need the caffeine just to make my fingers work. Some question whether it's making my brain

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On 12/9/2012 6:31 AM, John Thornton wrote: > Yea, there is nothing intuitive about man pages... either you know the > magic names or your lost. Well, if you more or less know the subject, "apropos" usually helps. (But often gives too many false positives.) Ken > > On 12/8/2012 4:14 PM, Sebastian

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On 09.12.12 09:14, Mark Wendt wrote: > Ah, never mind. I didn't look close enough at your command line. I > thought you were just copying the .gz file to another location. The nub of it is described (well, referenced in passing) in "man zsoelim". The ability of manpages to source other files is

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

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-l

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > One out of 3, I suspect, if it is assumed to be easier. :-) > > Neither method duplicates files, so there is no saving to be had there. > And the symbolic link creates a _larger_ file than the groff redirection > (.so): > > $ ln -s /usr/

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On 09.12.12 08:34, Mark Wendt wrote: > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > > # echo .so man1/gawk.1.gz > /usr/share/man/man1/fred.1 ... > To save space on the system and not duplicate files, perhaps it would > be easier to: > > ln -s man1/gawk /usr/share/man/man1/fred.1

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > 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". > > I don't have LinuxCNC manpages

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

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

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

Yea, there is nothing intuitive about man pages... either you know the magic names or your lost. On 12/8/2012 4:14 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 12/08/2012 02:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> What we need is a short man page that describes the syntax of the various >> "first word" of a line se

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Saturday 08 December 2012 18:47:46 andy pugh did opine: > On 8 December 2012 21:25, Gene Heskett wrote: > > What we need is a short man page that describes the syntax of the > > various "first word" of a line settings, loadrt, addf, setp, net, > > etc. > > man halcmd. > > OK, so you actually

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On 8 December 2012 21:25, Gene Heskett wrote: > What we need is a short man page that describes the syntax of the various > "first word" of a line settings, loadrt, addf, setp, net, etc. man halcmd. OK, so you actually have to be psychic to guess that. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't ow

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Saturday 08 December 2012 18:04:26 Sebastian Kuzminsky did opine: > On 12/08/2012 02:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > What we need is a short man page that describes the syntax of the > > various "first word" of a line settings, loadrt, addf, setp, net, > > etc. > > This may not be intuitive or

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On 12/08/2012 02:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > What we need is a short man page that describes the syntax of the various > "first word" of a line settings, loadrt, addf, setp, net, etc. This may not be intuitive or obvious, but loadrt, net, and friends are all handled by a command called "halcmd",

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Saturday 08 December 2012 17:00:37 Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 12/8/2012 4:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 08 December 2012 16:11:14 Anders Wallin did opine: > >>> Is this an oversight, or just considered as too big for a man page? > >> > >> "hal" by itself is not a command you wou

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On 12/8/2012 4:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 08 December 2012 16:11:14 Anders Wallin did opine: > >>> Is this an oversight, or just considered as too big for a man page? >> "hal" by itself is not a command you would execute from the terminal. >> "man hal" otoh gives a general description

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

On Saturday 08 December 2012 16:11:14 Anders Wallin did opine: > > Is this an oversight, or just considered as too big for a man page? > > "hal" by itself is not a command you would execute from the terminal. > "man hal" otoh gives a general description of hal. On your machines, but not on mine,

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

> Is this an oversight, or just considered as too big for a man page? > "hal" by itself is not a command you would execute from the terminal. "man hal" otoh gives a general description of hal. so this is roughly OK I would say. halscope would be an example of a command that doesn't have a man-pag

[Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

Greetings; Is this an oversight, or just considered as too big for a man page? 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: is up!