At some point hitherto, rabnud hath spake thusly: > > Thus far anything relevant to my post is leading towards a loose > "specification". What I initially asked for was an executable and doc > setup. What I think this needs to become is outlined in this post (and, > hey fellas, if someone knows this already exists, post it!):
Ok, I have to say now that I utterly fail to see how what you suggest is any different from what we've ALREADY posted, other than that the user interface is a little different from what you specify. What you're asking for basically does already exist in several different forms, as I have said repeatedly. Though the key bindings are different from the one you specified, and some of the functionality is a little different, it's still there. As far as I can tell, several people (including myself) have already offered you several different methods of getting exactly the information you want, including indexes that tell you what to look at for specific problems, and general guides for how to do navigate your way around the administration of a Linux system. You keep saying this doesn't meet your needs, but you don't explain WHY it doesn't. So, why doesn't it? Is it just because you're stuck on the idea of the specific interface you have in your mind? Can you not adjust to one that already exists? If you really really really insist upon NOT settling for one of the numerous other methods that we've already detailed for getting exactly the information that you're asking for, here's a little script that should give you something pretty close to what you want. You need to run it as root. #!/bin/bash mkdir /usr/doc/linuxdoc cd /usr/doc/linuxdoc wget -m -nc -nH -nh -k http://www.linuxdoc.org/ Then, when it's done, run this: cd /usr/doc/linuxdoc lynx index.html And there you go. Or if you're using red hat, instead of doing that, to save yourself all the trouble of downloading all this stuff, try this: cd /usr/doc/LDP/sag; lynx index.html or cd /usr/doc/LDP/nag; lynx index.html I believe this works on Mandrake too. These all work in console mode, in X, or on any reasonable terminal device, if you really want. If this doesn't give you what you're looking for, I have no idea why. As far as I can tell, it meets all your criteria. If THIS doesn't do it for you, maybe the GNU info system does. It also meets most of your criteria. At any command prompt, type info And you'll be presented with a menu of topics on which there is documentation, though I don't think basic linux system administration is one of them. Maybe Ray would love to write such a document, or port the SAG and NAG to info format... You have asked for help, and several of us have responded with legitimate answers. It seems to me that your problem is not a lack of answers, but that you refuse to listen to those given, because they are not worded exactly the way you want them to be. If the info here is not helpful to you, then I have no more help to offer on this topic. Good luck -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------- I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu Learn more about it at http://www.gnupg.org ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
