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From: msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow)
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Subject: Re: sphere primitives in 3.3?
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Date: 9 Nov 90 00:16:26 GMT
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In article <38800001@sunc5>, mcooper@sunc5.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
|> 
|> ARRRGH..
|> 
|> I just got 3.3.1 installed on my PI.  I was mildly enthusiastic about this
|> becasue I wanted to see if the new advertised sphere primitives were any good.
|> So I look in the manuals.  NOTHING!  No man pages, no index references, NADA!

Did you try the online manuals?  I just did 'man libsphere' and got a
reasonable looking man page.  We don't reprint hardcopy manuals at maintenance
releases (such as 3.3.1) because of the cost.

|> 
|> If I wait for the SGI hotline folks to get back to me, I'll have 4.0 installed!
|> :-(

This is either a huge compliment to the developers working on release 4.0 or
a nasty slam at our hotline.  I prefer to think its the former since our
hotline has an excellent reputation.
-- 
From the TARDIS of Mark Callow
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"There is much virtue in a window.  It is to a human being as a frame is to
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