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Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands

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On 25 Jan 2015 14:14, JEDIDIAH wrote:
> On 2015-01-25, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2015-01-25, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>>> Grant Edwards wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>>
>>>> On 2015-01-24, Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I like to print all of this out as a hardcopy reference. Usually
>>>>> I'll print all of this twice just in case I lose the first copy.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure you're joking, but I remember starting to do that once:
>>>> print out all of the Unix man pages to put in 3-ring binders.  I
>>>> don't remember if I got them all printed or not.  That was back
>>>> when I was using a serial terminal on with V7 on a PDP-11 (no
>>>> networking, no X11) There weren't nearly as many man pages back
>>>> then, and opening a new xterm to read a man page wasn't an option,
>>>> but I quickly learned how to live without hardcopy of man pages.
>>>
>>> A friend who did a stint at AT&T many many years ago gave me a big
>>> thick comb-bound "book" of man pages, with a permuted index.
>>> Unfortunately, at that time I was mostly stuck on DOS.
>>
>> Those were pretty common back in the day.  I had a complete set of
>> those for BSD, a single-volume one for System-V, and another one for
>> MKS tookit (a port of ksh and System V command line tools for Dos).
>
>     Back in the 90s I had printed manuals for the software that I used.
>
>     These days it's considered a terribly quaint idea, especially among the
> younger people. Either a softcopy version is available (PDF,HTML) or it's much
> easier to just search Google.
>
>      I used to drag a big collection of paper around with my every where I
> went but I discontinued that.
>
That's the way of it back then.  I liked printed manual because looking
at a crt or trying to read in the comfort of my lounger with a laptop
was hard on the eyes, and the laptops were so heavy and HOT!!

Now I've got this very light 13" that is so nice that reading onscreen
is great.


-- 
Lloyd

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List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2015-01-24 16:58 +0000
  Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-01-24 18:10 +0000
    Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-01-24 13:30 -0500
      Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 03:44 +0000
        Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-01-25 06:42 -0500
          Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-25 09:24 -0500
          Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 16:42 +0000
            Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-01-25 14:14 -0600
              Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2015-01-25 16:36 -0600
                Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-01-25 14:30 -0800
        Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-01-25 12:41 +0000
        Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-01-25 11:28 -0500
          Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-01-25 11:37 -0500
            Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-01-25 11:45 -0500
            Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-01-25 12:09 -0500
              Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-25 12:11 -0500
                Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-01-25 14:05 -0800
          Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 16:54 +0000
            Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-26 07:12 -0600
              Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands BurfordTJustice <Burford@hub.dub> - 2015-01-26 08:19 -0500
              Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-01-26 09:22 -0600
    Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-01-24 22:20 +0000
  Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2015-01-24 18:17 +0000
  Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-01-25 04:56 -0800
  Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-01-25 10:46 -0500

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