On Saturday 08 December 2012 16:11:14 Anders Wallin did opine: > > Is this an oversight, or just considered as too big for a man page? > > "hal" by itself is not a command you would execute from the terminal. > "man hal" otoh gives a general description of hal.
On your machines, but not on mine, and I do have the docs package installed. Example: gene@lathe:~/linuxcnc/configs/my-lathe$ man hal No manual entry for hal > so this is roughly OK I would say. > > halscope would be an example of a command that doesn't have a man-page > afaik. That in essence doesn't need much of a man page, its pretty intuitive. What we need is a short man page that describes the syntax of the various "first word" of a line settings, loadrt, addf, setp, net, etc. My machines have no such help file, so I have to go find the loose leaf binder that has what probably is dated content since I have not printed it in at least a year, and look it up. But then I only have perhaps 3 or 4 copies laying around, but which is the most recent? The title page may give the document version, but doesn't say clearly what version of linuxcnc it applies to. This at some point, needs to be gotten "on the same page" so I know when its time to walk over to the trash can and clean out that particular 3 ring binder. I guess I'm in rant mode today, but such roadblocks that disturb ones train of thought really do need a bit of demolition. ;-) Thanks Anders. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! The bigger the theory the better. I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
