Re: lseek(2) operators in shells

From	Headless /body <devnull@NotReallyAn.example.com>
Newsgroups	comp.unix.shell
Subject	Re: lseek(2) operators in shells
Date	2012-03-14 22:49 -0400
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Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> writes:

> On 2012-03-15, Mirko K. <mirkok.lists@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> My point was, that turning "lseek(2)" into "man 2 lseek" requires 
>> unnecessary manual editing. Typing "man " and then retype or 
>> Copy/Paste "lseek[2]" (or whatever) after it would be less hassle.
>
> Put your cursor on a word in Vim and type K. That looks it up in man.
> Type 3K and it looks it up with man 3. (Overridable defaults, of course,
> as well as what constitutes a word.)

Emacs has a similar function, but it looks at the number as well to
fetch the proper man page. So using the read(3) is both useful and
brief, and the best possible representation for an Emacs user.

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  Re: empty file is simply an inode with sort of null pointers Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-03-14 12:22 +0700
    Re: empty file is simply an inode with sort of null pointers Paul Branon <paulbranon@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-14 08:54 -0700
      Re: empty file is simply an inode with sort of null pointers Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-14 17:17 +0100
        Re: empty file is simply an inode with sort of null pointers Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-03-15 03:36 +0100
          Re: empty file is simply an inode with sort of null pointers Stephane Chazelas <stephane_chazelas@yahoo.fr> - 2012-03-15 08:19 +0000
          Re: empty file is simply an inode with sort of null pointers Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-03-15 10:59 -0400
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        Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Stephane Chazelas <stephane_chazelas@yahoo.fr> - 2012-03-14 17:11 +0000
          Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2012-03-14 17:44 +0000
          Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-14 18:10 +0000
            Re: lseek(2) operators in shells "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-14 15:20 -0400
              Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-14 19:46 +0000
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-15 00:14 +0100
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells "Mirko K." <mirkok.lists@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-15 00:45 +0100
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-15 01:11 +0100
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-15 00:27 +0000
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells "Mirko K." <mirkok.lists@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-15 01:35 +0100
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-15 00:42 +0000
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Headless /body <devnull@NotReallyAn.example.com> - 2012-03-14 22:49 -0400
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Stephane Chazelas <stephane_chazelas@yahoo.fr> - 2012-03-15 08:17 +0000
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-15 09:32 +0100
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-15 09:26 +0100
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                Re: dereferencing links to man(1) pages Stephane Chazelas <stephane_chazelas@yahoo.fr> - 2012-03-15 13:36 +0000
                Re: dereferencing links to man(1) pages Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-03-15 10:02 -0400
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              Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-03-15 10:56 -0400
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-03-15 15:13 +0000
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-03-15 13:09 -0400
                Re: lseek(2) operators in shells Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-03-15 17:29 +0000
        Re: "a file which at this time has no name" Paul Branon <paulbranon@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-15 05:27 -0700
          Re: "a file which at this time has no name" Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 20:46 +0700
            Re: "a file which at this time has no name" "Mirko K." <mirkok.lists@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-15 22:29 +0100
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                Re: "a file which at this time has no name" pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2012-03-16 09:51 +0000
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  Re: empty file is simply an inode with sort of null pointers Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-14 17:30 +0000

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