Hi, On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 07:02:08AM -0500, Bhaskar, K.S wrote: > >>I just uploaded a package with your patch which shows the help properly. > >>Note: As a beginner it is definitely *not* intuitively to leave this > >>help - I neede to interupt by ^C. > > [KSB] I have to agree that MUMPS is not always intuitive to the > non-MUMPS person. But we're thinking of reworking on-line help, and > for that reason it has not had the attention recently that it > deservers.
As I said my test was probably not very detailed - but there is definitely a lack of speed to bring up the help. > We plan to make a package of GT.M documentation. For now, please go > to http://fis-gtm.com and click on the User Documentation tab to get > the documentation. I just added this hint to README.Debian. > >[amul:2] Could explain this a bit more? It may not be obvious but > >hitting return/enter a few times will exit the user from the > >"Topic?" prompt. > > [KSB] Yes, this exit from help by hitting a series of Enters works. > GT.M help (for historical reasons) is modeled on OpenVMS help. Confirmed. > >[amul:2] Should we include a getting started section in the README? > > [KSB] As Amul says, the gtm script included in GT.M is what people > should use out of the box. It sets up a default environment and > invokes the mumps program. So, the first time you run it, you will > see all the verbiage above where it creates the environment in > $HOME/.fis-gtm, or, if you define the gtmdir environment variable, > in $gtmdir/.fis-gtm. Once an environment is created, gtm is quiet, > e.g.: > > kbhaskar@bhaskark:~$ /usr/lib/fis-gtm/V6.0-003_x86_64/gtm For me this call is just "scary". A user should call something in /usr/bin and we should provide a wrapper for this. I injected http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-med/fis-gtm.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/bin/mumps Please check and enhance if needed. > Setting gtm_chset to utf-8, which also requires LC_CTYPE or LC_ALL > to be defined to a suitable utf8 locale, runs the mumps process in > UTF-8 mode, e.g.: > > kbhaskar@bhaskark:~$ gtm_chset=utf-8 LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 > /usr/lib/fis-gtm/V6.0-003_x86_64/gtm I guess this should also be part of the script I wrote. Is this correct? > My Christmas vacation project is to draft a gtm man(1) page. Great. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
