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From: dcr3567@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.C. Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Requests from CATS for info on improvement
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Date: 14 Mar 90 17:47:11 GMT
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In article <1990Mar12.184000.25855@wam.umd.edu> walrus@wam.umd.edu (Udo K Schuermann) writes:
>
>This would a) not really cost much (except diskspace), b) be better
>than nothing, and c) give you some type of online documentation which
>I prefer to non-ringbound stuff at least.
>I heard someone was/is doing this.  Any info out there?
>Udo

Actually, I'd love to see an interactive "HELP" command *SIMILAR* (not
like, because it needs a lot of help as it is) on the VAX VMS systems.

How about a HELP program that would search through a large file for info
on commands?  I've done this in a similar way with comments on all my C:
commands (4 megs worth!), but it makes an ugly listing...

like:  HELP DIR
   DIR<ectory> :  DIR <Device>:<path><Path><filename>
      Shows Directory of blah blah blah...

Would be nice, and probably easy for some C Guru..

-Dan

-- 
Daniel C. Richardson
Rochester Institute Of Technology     /    Mechanical Engineering Dept.
"Everyone Needs A Few Useless Toys Now And Then.. I Just Happen To Have
More Than Average!" - Technology Crazed Student