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From: billb@stech.UUCP (Bill Burton)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Unix System Online Help
Message-ID: <1117@stech.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 89 09:17:30 GMT
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Reply-To: billb%stech.UUCP@husc6.harvard.edu (Bill Burton)
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In article <4851@macom1.UUCP> larry@macom1.UUCP (Larry Taborek) writes:
>From article <11@caert2.engr.wisc.edu.WISC.EDU>, by laplant@caert2.engr.wisc.edu (dave laplant):
>> 
>> 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.  

A VAX/VMS style help utility has been posted on a number of occaisions.
You should ask for this.

-Bill
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