Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] January Meeting Reminder
On 2022-01-03 1:50 p.m., Alan Heighway via talk wrote: *Speaker:* Chris Sullivan *Topic:* Radio Direction Finding with the Raspberry Pi Why does this message have a capital A with an upside down v on top of it after every word?? -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and | that's why we're powerful" Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | #include | --Chris Hardwick --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] decent cheap ChromeOS tablet -- can run debian in a container
| From: James Knott via talk | | I borrowed one from the Mississauga Library and wasn't impressed. You pretty | much had to do everything in the "cloud", though having Linux built in would | improve on that. The idea of ChromeOS is "cloud first". But there is some provision for doing offline work. If you use Android apps on this tablet, you get and Android experience. But better because you device support is much longer. If you install Linux, you get a Linux experience. With the expected amount of cloudiness. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Man and Info Pages
"It's complicated" 1. For linux, I'd refer to LPI wording about this. 2. for other l*Nixes, I'd consult their docs on their docs ( said in "Austin Powers introducing Austin Powers" voice ) I do like info, but my muscle memory makes me man all the time. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Man and Info Pages
On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 at 11:28, Giles Orr via talk wrote: > I open a man page, I scroll - done. I opened the > man page because I wanted to learn about the command whose man page I > opened - I don't want to have to learn about 'info' before I can learn > about any other command ... Well, you do have to learn about 'less' or whatever pager 'man' is using on your system (default or specified). However, I agree. I never liked using 'info', mostly for the same reasons you've given. -- Scott --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Man and Info Pages
On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 at 02:28, Howard Gibson via talk wrote: > >I am updating my UNIX Command Line HOWTO. I have a remark in my text to > the effect that man pages contain text stating that man is obsolete, and that > you should use the info pages instead. > >I actually have not seen this lately. What is the status of man and info > at the moment? I think the intention (20 years ago?) was that 'info' should replace 'man'. I can understand, even appreciate, the idea: it allows linking, multiple documents per command, and is a "richer" format. Unfortunately, the reality was that the uptake was awful because most of us (I include myself in "us" here) hated 'info' and didn't use it because we couldn't remember the multiple awkward commands required to interact with it. I open a man page, I scroll - done. I opened the man page because I wanted to learn about the command whose man page I opened - I don't want to have to learn about 'info' before I can learn about any other command ... The people behind 'info' stuck to their guns for a decade or more, but I think the whole thing has pretty much given up the ghost at this point. This is based on my own limited observation and opinion, not any actual research. -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ giles...@gmail.com --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
