Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #111
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Linux-Misc Digest #111, Volume #2                Sun, 15 May 94 00:13:13 EDT

Contents:
  Re: idiot's guide to unix/linux (David Fox)
  Re: Streets named after programming languages (was Re: IRIS frame grabber docs) (Tommy Usher)
  Re: Clothes named after programming languages (Dave Brown)
  Re: COMMODORE CALLS IT QUITS (Brandon S. Allbery)
  Re: Linux & DOS ? (Steve Fuller)
  Re: Streets named after programming languages (was Re: IRIS frame grabber docs) (Matt Francomb)
  Re: Term 115 (beta) is out. (Karl J. Runge)
  /bin/login source? (Emarit Ranu)
  [PATCH] Make term115 go on sos413 Re: Term 115 (beta) is out. (Jeff Epler)
  Re: Interest in a weekly Linux news? (Matt Welsh)
  Re: COMMODORE CALLS IT QUITS (Brandon S. Allbery)
  Diamond Stealth Pro & XF86_S3 (Todd Ignasiak)
  Re: Trouble with NFS and Linux 1.0 (Erik Nygren)
  Re: Linux in PC Week again (May 9th issue) (Kenneth Lewis Hamer)
  Re: Linux in PC Week again (May 9th issue) (Dennis Flaherty)
  Re: Streets named after programming languages (was Re: IRIS frame grabber docs) (Victor Eijkhout)
  Re: any Mac emulator ? (WE Metzenthen)
  Re: I SAW CHICAGO! (Ivan Carl Roseland)
  Re: Streets named after programming languages (was Re: IRIS frame grabber docs) (Peter Wall)
  Linux Journal (Well worth the wait) (Graham Nicholls)
  finding Linux help (Steve Horsley)
  Re: Tintin++ for Linux? (B. Galliart)
  Re: Linux in PC Week again (May 9th issue) (Marc Fraioli)

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From: fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu (David Fox)
Subject: Re: idiot's guide to unix/linux
Date: 12 May 1994 01:05:48 GMT

In article <CpKyE1.KwA@cee.hw.ac.uk> smoncur@cee.hw.ac.uk (Stuart G Moncur) writes:

] I've been reading all this stuff on the "idiot's guide to
] unix/linux" and was just pondering... Aren't the newsgroups (like
] this) supposed to be a media for spreading knowledge/ideas, etc. Why
] are newcomers told to sift through endless ASCII, when they possibly
] don't know what to look for? FAQ's are great, but they are very
] limited.

Remember what the "F" in FAQ stands for.  No one is interested in
answering the same question over and over, or in reading the same
answer over and over.  The description "media for spreading
knowledge/ideas" is not the best description for a newsgroup -- a
better description would be an ongoing conversation.  The FAQs are
the record of the interesting conclusions of that conversation up
until now.  If you're not willing to look through the FAQs you're
not holding up your responsibility in the coversation.

] Couldn't there be a comp.os.linux.newcommer or something
] where people could learn and discuss unix in general (with more
] emphasis on learning) - I'm sure it would be a lot more effective
] than giving people reading lists, at least the newsgroups could give
] new users a starting point.

Who would answer the questions posed in such a group?  Even the
help newsgroup is on the verge of being all questions and no
answers.

] A reassuring word to all newcommers to the happy world of linux and
] unix: There are no "stupid questions" - If you don't know, ask. How
] do we learn if we don't ask questions?  --

Unfortunately USENET is a case where this is not always true.
Since none of us are being paid to read netnews we each have to 
make sure we get as much out as we put in.  None of us can
afford to answer the same questions over and over, at least
I can't.
--
David Fox                                                       xoF divaD
NYU Media Research Lab                             baL hcraeseR aideM UYN

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From: hacker@cyberspace (Tommy Usher)
Crossposted-To: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Streets named after programming languages (was Re: IRIS frame grabber docs)
Date: 12 May 1994 01:12:06 GMT

: A street named after Fortran? How cool!
: Does anybody know of any other streets named after programming languages?

Well, here in Birmingham, AL we have both Avenue B and Avenue C.

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Crossposted-To: alt.folklore.computers,alt.religion.kibology
From: dcb@vectorbd.com (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Clothes named after programming languages
Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 15:53:30 GMT

lilo (lilo@slip-4-15) wrote:
: On 13 May 1994 18:43:38 GMT, James H. Haynes (haynes@cats.ucsc.edu) wrote:

: > You can get Basic or Pascal jeans in the Guess? brand.  Presumably COBOL
: > writers wear suits and not jeans.  Anybody know where to get appropriate
: > wear for C and Fortran?  LISP?  Perl? C++?   (Surely one of these will
: > get someone's nomination as the emperor who wears no clothes.)
: > -- 

: My s.o. likes it when I wear "object-oriented" clothing, but I'm not sure
: that was what you had in mind...?  :)

Just wear something Basic when you stroll Forth.  Or you could dress up in
several packages of Ada.

Dave Brown (dcb@vectorbd.com)

-- 
73 - Dave Brown N2RJT (dcb@vectorbd.com)


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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Subject: Re: COMMODORE CALLS IT QUITS
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 00:15:22 GMT

In article <1994May11.194011.20646@rosevax.rosemount.com>, grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) says:
+---------------
| Nope, there was a dual-mode 8/32 bit wide 6502 compatible cpu (I don't
| remember the number, but 68C832 doesn't sound quite right).  
+------------->8

65C816, but that was an 8/16 bit microprocessor.  (The Apple IIGS used it; I
don't think any other "major manufacturer" machines did.)  I don't think there
was a 32-bit version.

++Brandon
-- 
Brandon S. Allbery         kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org          bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org
The FUDs at Microsoft are shouting "Kill The Wabi!"

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From: sfuller@picard.infonet.net (Steve Fuller)
Subject: Re: Linux & DOS ?
Date: 12 May 1994 01:42:04 GMT

pat_sheaffer@labsline.win.net (PAT SHEAFFER) writes:

>Is there any other way to get well-connected to the
>INTERNET?  Does anyone know if UUCP and all the other
>great INTERNET access goodies are available under
>OS/2 or DOS/Windows?  I want to run a BBS that is

Yes they are.

>well-connected to the INTERNET, but I need other
>things out of my PC too...

If you're considering running a BBS and doing DOS/windows things, then any PC 
based on an INTEL chip is out of the question (this is my opinion) Under 
DOS/Windows you are not going to be able to get good performance for both you 
and the board if both are active at the same time...


-- 
Steve Fuller                              I will choose the path that's clear
sfuller@ins.infonet.net                   I will choose freewill  -- N. Peart
INS Info Services Support Staff 


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Crossposted-To: alt.folklore.computers
From: matt@setanta.demon.co.uk (Matt Francomb)
Subject: Re: Streets named after programming languages (was Re: IRIS frame grabber docs)
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 09:14:47 GMT

In article <2qpg4t$itm@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> bcj@cs.brown.edu (brent jackson) writes:

   ...thus spake Andrew Bulhak
   through the avatar acbul1@penfold.cc.monash.edu.au...
   \\ Luuk Spreeuwers - UT (luuk@mi.el.utwente.nl) wrote:
   \\ : The supplier is:
   \\ : Inside Technology
   \\ : Fortranweg 7
   \\   ^^^^^^^^^^
   \\ : 3821 BK  Amersfoort
   \\ : Netherlands
   \\ A street named after Fortran? How cool!
   \\ Does anybody know of any other streets named after programming languages?

   C street in washington d.c. 

   -brent

Rather depends on whether you count C as a programming language.
--
Matt Francomb, Setanta Software Ltd: matt@setanta.demon.co.uk

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From: runge@s1.gov (Karl J. Runge)
Subject: Re: Term 115 (beta) is out.
Date: 15 May 1994 00:22:27 GMT


In article <2r38od$itf@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>, umlin000@cc.umanitoba.ca (Zhuo Er Lin) writes:
|> In <Cpsx52.1As@du.edu> yohgaki@cassandra.cair.du.edu (Yasuo Ohgaki) writes:
|> 
|> >In article <CpsBvv.J45@du.edu> yohgaki@cassandra.cair.du.edu (Yasuo Ohgaki) writes:
|> >>I've tried term115 on AIX. It still can't compile on AIX. :(
|> >>(I'm using xlc. no gcc on the AIX :(
|> >>
|> >It also can't compile on Ultrix. It dosen't include 
|> >include files. I've got the same error on both AIX
|> >using xlc and ULTRIX using gcc. (2.4.5)
|> 
|> >Anyone!??
|> 
|> >(BTW, I don't have problem on linux)
|> 
|> True !  No problem compiling in Linux. But it can't be compiled
|> on Sun.
|> -- 

That's too bad since 1.14 had such an improved Makefile! Hopefully there will
be a simple fix shortly...

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From: drranu@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Emarit Ranu)
Subject: /bin/login source?
Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 00:10:50 GMT

        Would some one please direct me to linux's /bin/login source code?

        Thanks.

        -Emarit   drranu@lamar.ColoState.EDU

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From: jepler@herbie.unl.edu (Jeff Epler)
Subject: [PATCH] Make term115 go on sos413 Re: Term 115 (beta) is out.
Date: 15 May 1994 00:24:40 GMT

umlin000@cc.umanitoba.ca (Zhuo Er Lin) writes:

>True !  No problem compiling in Linux. But it can't be compiled
>on Sun.

Try this patch.  Everything seems to work so far. :) Keep your fingers
crossed.  Apply it on the SUN side, I was in a hurry to try this out
last night so I didn't put any ifdefs around the code.


*** terminal.c.old      Wed Mar 30 07:00:27 1994
--- terminal.c  Sat May 14 00:16:25 1994
***************
*** 84,91 ****
        OPOST|ONLCR, /* oflag */
        B38400|CS8|CREAD|HUPCL, /* cflag */
        ISIG|ICANON|ECHO|ECHOE|ECHOCTL|IEXTEN, /* lflag */
!       N_TTY,
!       { 3, 28, 127, 21, 4, 0, 1, 0, 17, 19, 26, 0, 18, 15, 23, 22, 0,0,0 } };
  
  void terminal_new(int fd) {
  #ifdef USE_TCATTR
--- 84,91 ----
        OPOST|ONLCR, /* oflag */
        B38400|CS8|CREAD|HUPCL, /* cflag */
        ISIG|ICANON|ECHO|ECHOE|ECHOCTL|IEXTEN, /* lflag */
!       /* N_TTY,
!       { 3, 28, 127, 21, 4, 0, 1, 0, 17, 19, 26, 0, 18, 15, 23, 22, 0,0,0 }*/ };
  
  void terminal_new(int fd) {
  #ifdef USE_TCATTR


Jeff
--
Jeff Epler       echo "kill -9 -1" | su         jepler@herbie.unl.edu 
____ "Nuke the unborn gay whales for Jesus" 
\bi/                                  -- Never seen on a protest sign
 \/  1.5<kinsey<2.5      Running Linux 1.1.11 -- DOS is to boot DOOM!

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From: mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
Subject: Re: Interest in a weekly Linux news?
Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 01:58:31 GMT

In article <QUINLAN.94May13125242@pleiades.cs.bucknell.edu> quinlan@spectrum.cs.bucknell.edu writes:
>> I think that Linux Journal is doing a great job, but there is quite
>> a delay between the time an article is written and the time it
>> appears in print.
>
>I hope that this will improve in the future.

It should. From what I understand they're moving into the regular
monthly cycle now.

>> Is there any interest in reviving Linux News or have Linux Journal and
>> c.o.l.a. made it obsolete?

Linux News was _essentially_ a collection of announcements, which
c.o.l.a has obsoleced, and maybe one or two `feature' articles. 
I don't object to posting a weekly `feature' in c.o.l.a, but that is
the kind of thing that LJ can provide as well.

In short, it may not be necessary. People with net access probably have
more information than they know what to do with; I'm more concerned 
about those without Net access. LJ fills this gap quite well, I think.
Perhaps we could look into a short weekly mailing, sent out by LJ, with
Linux news and announcements culled from places such as c.o.l.a. However,
for people without Net access, most of those announcements aren't of
much value. 

>hypertext could be used for such a project, it could be made available
>in HTML via WWW, text versions posted to c.o.l.a., and PostScript/DVI
>versions downloadable via FTP on the major Linux sites.

I'm working on getting the c.o.l.a archives available via WWW, with
a forms interface for context searches. Maybe that will be available soon...

mdw

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Subject: Re: COMMODORE CALLS IT QUITS
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 22:35:14 GMT

In article <1994May12.192514.12009@rosevax.rosemount.com>, grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) says:
+---------------
| : 65C816, but that was an 8/16 bit microprocessor.  (The Apple IIGS
| 
| Yep, that's the one -- I mis-remembered the bus width.  Did the IIGS
| even run the thing in 16 bit mode?
+------------->8

If I remember correctly, one of the reaons the IIGS didn't take off was
problems running 8-bit Apple II software.  I would suspect that means "yes".

++Brandon
-- 
Brandon S. Allbery         kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org          bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org
The FUDs at Microsoft are shouting "Kill The Wabi!"

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From: ignasiak@cxc1.cl.msu.edu (Todd Ignasiak)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Diamond Stealth Pro & XF86_S3
Date: 11 May 1994 22:27:35 -0400

OK..  I've got the it running,  I can display the X desktop at 1024x768.
But,   it's very unstable.  Sometimes it brings up the desktop, but 
hangs in .xinitrc (xterm & twm never start, but the sh .xinitrc process
is running).  Sometimes it even starts up ok, and the window manager runs,
and I can start a couple X apps, but it inevitably dies.

Does this look like the problem with a memory leak in the font stuff that
someone else mentioned?  Or is there something else I should look for?

Has anyone else seen similar problems?

Thanks,
-tji
-- 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Todd Ignasiak                                          Michigan State University
(OS/2)

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From: nygren@athena.mit.edu (Erik Nygren)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Trouble with NFS and Linux 1.0
Date: 15 May 1994 02:32:14 GMT

In article <1994May9.162617.28783@apollo.linet.org>, kmp@apollo.linet.org writes:
|>      I am having a problem with NFS.  I have exported my entire file
|>      system to an AIX machine that has a tape machine.  When I try
|>      to archive the file system with tar at the AIX machine, the thing
|>      hangs on the first large file it comes to.  On my Linux machine, I
|> ...

Linux prior to 1.1.something doesn't support packets larger than
a certain size.  Mount your Linux partition from AIX with:

mount -t nfs host:/foo/bar /blah -o rsize=1024,wsize=1024,intr

(The intr isn't needed but is useful if the connection hangs)

        --- Erik

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From: kh13096@eehpx14 (Kenneth Lewis Hamer)
Subject: Re: Linux in PC Week again (May 9th issue)
Date: 15 May 1994 02:10:45 GMT

"Eric Jeschke" <jeschke@cs.indiana.edu> writes:

>There is a very indirect reference to Linux in PC Mag (May 31).
>In Bill Machrone's column he refers to the WWW server set up by
>PC Week (which used Linux for the server, apparently).
>Anyway, in reference to Mosaic/Web he says "virtually every component
>is available as freeware, including a public-domain version of Unix".
>I'm almost certain he is referring to Linux.

Well, it was Linux 0.99.14, the 1.0 , but it is currently running  on a Sun.

This appears to be because the server was moved to Ziff Information Systems
from wherever it was before.

The site is: http://www.pcweek.ziff.com/~pcweek/

They have info on what it was running on and what is happening now...

-Ken 

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From: dennisf@denix.elk.miles.com (Dennis Flaherty)
Subject: Re: Linux in PC Week again (May 9th issue)
Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 23:44:54 GMT

In article <CppInJ.MsF@boulder.parcplace.com>,
Warner Losh <imp@boulder.parcplace.com> wrote:
> In article <2qqvn0$krr@agate.berkeley.edu>
> maxims@ucsee.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Maxim Spivak) writes: 
> >  Big fixes are also available via the Internet. "I know commercial 
> >customers want a vendor they can call," like Novell, said Horton. "I 
> >would personally rather post to the [Internet] and get 10 to 12 answers 
> >in 10 minutes."
> 
> And people wonder why there is a problem with people posting questions
> that are FAQ's in the newsgroups.
> 
> Sigh.

Wouldn't it be nice if some gopher server somewhere had the Linux FAQs
online?

-- 
Dennis T. Flaherty              Home: dennisf@denix.elk.miles.com
Flaherty Nanobreweries          Work: dennisf@se01.elk.miles.com
     Oatmeal Stout: It's the Right Thing to Drink!

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From: eijkhout@cupid.cs.utk.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
Crossposted-To: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Streets named after programming languages (was Re: IRIS frame grabber docs)
Date: 11 May 1994 06:32:35 GMT

In article <2qpemg$3nu@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> acbul1@penfold.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew Bulhak) writes:

   Does anybody know of any other streets named after programming languages?

I'm sure you can find streets named after Pascal in France....
Rue Pascal? Sounds entirely plausible to me.

--

Victor Eijkhout ............................................... ``Wine is an
Department of Computer Science ......................  unsophisticated drink.
University of Tennessee ....................... They just stomp on grapes in
Knoxville TN 37996 ..................... their bare feet.'' [Michael Jackson
+1 615 974 8298 ................................. no not `The' MJ, *The* MJ]

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From: billm@jacobi.maths.monash.edu.au (WE Metzenthen)
Subject: Re: any Mac emulator ?
Date: 15 May 1994 03:02:45 GMT

William Birkmaier (wbirkmai@lynx.dac.neu.edu) wrote:
: In article <1994May12.151308.4405@rivers>, ph99jh42@uwrf.edu (JAMES HALL) writes:
: > Paloma Calvo (paloma@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
: > : Hi all:
: > 
: > :   Maybe this is the wrong group and maybe this has been posted
: > : before. In any case, please forgive me.
: > 
: > :   My question is: Is there any Macintosh emulator for Linux or,
: > : alternatively, can Executor be used under Dosemu ?
: > 
: > Under Linux, no.  Any takers???

: Well, I remember reading that the makers of executor were porting it to
: X on unix based machines.

I understand that executor for ms-dos is based upon work which was done
for UNIX machines.

The developers of executor are sympathetic towards free software, although
they want to use executor as a source of income. Indeed, ms-dos executor
uses djgpp.

There is a connection between Linux and ms-dos executor. Executor requires
a better 80387 emulator than the standard version which goes with djgpp,
so it uses an emulator which is based upon the Linux emulator (both versions
of the Linux emulator are protected by the GPL).

I feel sure that the developers of executor would be interested to learn
of any significant interest in a mac emulator for Linux. Why not send
them an e-mail message?

--
Bill Metzenthen
Mathematics Department
Monash University
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
email: billm@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
       billm@euler.maths.monash.edu.au

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From: roseland@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Ivan Carl Roseland)
Subject: Re: I SAW CHICAGO!
Date: 12 May 1994 06:07:09 GMT

In article <CoxsGp.u2@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu> likes@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu (Donald Likes) writes:
>In article <1994Apr26.030041.23309@taylor.wyvern.com> mark@taylor.wyvern.com (Mark A. Davis) writes:

>>>Lucky you. We bought a couple of extra hard disks here.
>>>Every one of them with MS DOS/Windows installed. 
>>>One windows licence with every harddisk. And it gets better. 
>>>If you manage to damage your windows setup, or maybe
>>>want to add TCP/IP for windows for workgroups, 
>>>you need to buy the diskettes because they don't go 
>>>with the puter. 

I hate to say this but No disks, No Books, No lisence #
It's probably an illegal copy.  I used to work for a local 
place selling computers.  One of the other salesmen was alway throwing
dos and windoze in for free, I couldnt figure out how he was getting
away with it.  So I looked at a few invoices and they didnt appear on
any of them.  He had one copy of both dos and windows in his drawer
and was installing off of those.  Alot of companys do this on a
regular basis.  They tell you they are throing it in for free
"pre-installed" but you get no disks and no manuals.  Its a rip off
heck I have even seen places that will charge for them and not provide
disks and manuals.  As for Dos and windows, if you are selling the
system you can buy and include OEM sets of disks and manuals with a
conciderable cut in cost 8^)  and its leagle, just dont sell the OEM
stuff seperatly.  
>
>In Microsoft's defense the computers are sold this way so that the
>dealers can get a cheaper deal on the software.  My brother just bought
>a computer and it too didn't come with the disks.  However, the company
>had copied the images of the install disks onto the harddrive.  They
>had also included a little program to copy the disk images onto disks
>when he got home.  Therefore, if he wanted to re-install or if he had
>a crash there isn't a problem.
>
>Craig.


-- 
\\\/    The all purpose sig file!
 0o     Still need to think of somthing cool to put here
 __     
  !  <--Looking for a rest stop on the Information Superhighway!

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From: peter@eult.emsc.telstra.com.au (Peter Wall)
Crossposted-To: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Streets named after programming languages (was Re: IRIS frame grabber docs)
Date: 13 May 1994 21:43:18 +1000

In <2qpemg$3nu@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> acbul1@penfold.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew Bulhak) writes:

:[comp.os.linux.announce]

:Luuk Spreeuwers - UT (luuk@mi.el.utwente.nl) wrote:
:: The supplier is:

:: Inside Technology
:: Fortranweg 7
:  ^^^^^^^^^^
:: 3821 BK  Amersfoort
:: Netherlands

:A street named after Fortran? How cool!
:Does anybody know of any other streets named after programming languages?

Yes, isn't there a 4th Avenue?  (sorry...)


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From: Graham@rock.demon.co.uk (Graham Nicholls)
Subject: Linux Journal (Well worth the wait)
Reply-To: Graham@rock.demon.co.uk
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 08:57:35 +0000

At last, I received my LJ (1&2) yesterday. 
I am very impressed, and look forward to receiving 3.

Thanks to all at fylz.com, especially the lady who I gave a hard time to.

Had to post here, as I had previously moaned about not receiving it.


-- 
Graham Nicholls
Sig applied for.

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
From: steve@rigel.demon.co.uk (Steve Horsley)
Subject: finding Linux help
Reply-To: steve@rigel.demon.co.uk
Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 21:10:50 +0000

A few hints for beginners that will hopefully save them some time. Knowing 
these things from the beginning would certainly have saved me a few hours!

I have discovered that the man command likes to hide things from you.
For instance, if you do "man mount", it will give you what looks like the
whole manual on the mount command. This is just another example of unix 
being user-hostile in a sneaky way. If you use "man -a mount", you also 
get a second page with lots of new and interesting stuff. I have now added 
the line
                   alias mount='mount -a'
to my /etc/profile file.

I also found out that there are man pages on things other than commands,
for instance "man Xconfig" talks about the Xconfig file.

I have found that there are lots of readme files and the like scattered 
around the directory structure, like a handful of diamonds thrown in the 
bushes. In fact, I found around 90 in my disk. Rather than move them all
into /usr/doc and have to worry about duplicate names, I wrote the 
following script (which I called gethelp, but it cn be called anything) 
which can search them all for a keyword where they are. 
I hope others can find it useful too. You will have to make the script 
executable before you can use it, like this:
         chmod 755 gethelp

The script could probably be done better, but I don't think it's bad 
for a beginner.


================== Hack along dotted line =====================
# This little script helps you find help on a given subject.
# You invoke the script with a single argument (e.g. "gethelp Xconfig")
# and gethelp searches a whole load of files looking for that word.
#
# A list of the files to be searched should be in the file
# /usr/doc/helplist.txt (or edit the script if you want it elsewhere).
# I made my helplist file by doing the following (unmount your CDROM 
# and DOS drives first):
#    find / -name '*README*' -print > /usr/doc/helplist.txt
#    find / -name '*eadme*' -print >> /usr/doc/helplist.txt
#    find / -name '*FAQ*' -print >> /usr/doc/helplist.txt
#    find / -name '*HOWTO*' -print >> /usr/doc/helplist.txt
# 
# It does its work by calling itself using the list file as a long
# list of arguments. The second iteration then uses grep on each file
# in turn.
# 
if eval [ $1 != 2 ] ; then
        gethelp 2 $1 $(cat /usr/doc/helplist.txt)
else
        GREPSTRING=$2
        shift
        shift
        for file do
                if grep -2 $GREPSTRING $file ; then
                        echo xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                        echo Above was from $file
                        echo xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                fi
        done 
fi
================== Hack along dotted line =====================

-- 
  Steve Horsley                                    steve@rigel.demon.co.uk

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From: bgallia@orion.it.luc.edu (B. Galliart)
Subject: Re: Tintin++ for Linux?
Date: 14 May 1994 19:13:00 GMT

Alex Feely (af2e+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:

:       Has anyone gotten any tintin++ client (for mudding) to compile
: under Linux, or better yet ported it to Linux? 

See if tcp.com:/pub/mud/Clients/tf.33b8.tar.gz will accomplish what you want.

: --
: Alex Feely

: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: I grow tired of continuous games and trivalities, torturous endeavors and 
: continued pain, I want the sky and I want to keep it for once.
: af2e@andrew.cmu.edu
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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From: mjf@clark.net (Marc Fraioli)
Subject: Re: Linux in PC Week again (May 9th issue)
Date: 12 May 1994 23:58:27 GMT
Reply-To: mjf@clark.net

In article 1r5@coconut.cs.scarolina.edu, moss@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu (James LewisMoss) writes:
>RUMOR...
>I heard a rumor that OSF might be releasing Motif to the public in about
>a year.  (ie GPL or something similar)  Has anyone heard anything
>similar.  I just thought I'd ask to see if anyone else out there had
>heard the same rumor.
>
That would be marvelous...but wouldn't all the people who had previously
paid for it be annoyed?

---
Marc Fraioli          | "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist- " 
mjf@clark.net         |    - Last words of Union General John Sedgwick,
                      |    Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, U.S. Civil War


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