Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!virtech!cpcahil From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: swap on disk1 Message-ID: <1990Jul10.221955.2136@virtech.uucp> Date: 10 Jul 90 22:19:55 GMT References: <1990Jul08.224741.1366@virtech.uucp> <1200@s6.Morgan.COM> Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) Distribution: comp Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc., Sterling VA Lines: 35 In article <1200@s6.Morgan.COM> amull@Morgan.COM (Andrew P. Mullhaupt) writes: >In article <1990Jul08.224741.1366@virtech.uucp>, cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >> >> Hmm, looks like a real RTFM type of question. Let's see. I think >> we'll start at the permuted index... Lets look up the word "swap"... Hey, >> look at that - there's a swap(1M) command. Lets see what it says... > >You can start in the Bermuda index, but that takes a strong stomach; >a lot of people get lost in those and are never heard from again. I don't think there is a better answer than a permuted index. Maybe you are really complaining about the one-line descriptions that are used to make up the index. Having a permuted index makes it real easy to look up what you are interested about. The case in point, someone had a question about "swap" space. By simply looking up the term swap in the index they would have found what they needed. >One of the strongest points in favor of the SCO version of UNIX is >that they refrained from using psychological warfare and camouflage >techniques when indexing their manuals. (Perhaps a UNIX first?) I don't know what they did to index the manuals, but I don't think it would be that much better. >Has anyone ever made a utility which converts Bermuda indices into >human readable form? You could try the TOC that normally precedes the permuted index if you can't figure out how to use the permuted index. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170