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From: laplant@caert2.engr.wisc.edu (dave laplant)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Unix System Online Help
Keywords: man
Message-ID: <11@caert2.engr.wisc.edu.WISC.EDU>
Date: 5 Jun 89 19:48:58 GMT
Organization: Computer Aided Engineering Center, UW-Madison
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We are looking for an online help system for Unix to complement the man
pages.  The system should be aimed at the user who wants to learn just
enough to solve his/her (basic) problem.  The system should be hierarchical,
extensible, and easily understood.  The text should make no attempt to
explain everything, but just cover one way to solve the most common
problems (including examples) and refer the user to the man pages for
more information.

If no such system is available, we will write one.  But first we'd like
to know if someone else has already done this.

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-dave laplant (laplant@engr.wisc.edu)
 Computer Aided Engneering Center
 University of Wisconsin-Madison