Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-18 Thread Russell Senior
Ubuntu has "oneko" still. I recall xfishtank from the first X11 install I ever did, on an early SLS install of Linux. In similar-era news, I just set up bsdgames on a Raspberry Pi with mgetty, and some dialup modems to deploy at ToorCamp later this week, so that other people in their tents can

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-18 Thread Tomas K
Did you check if you could install some of the missing man/manuals you care about? Not all man pages are selected for default install. on my opensuse 42.3: installed: sudo zypper search man | awk '$1 !~ /^i/ && $2 ~ /(^|-)(man|manual)$/ {print} $1 ~ /^i/ && $3 ~ /(^|-)(man|manual)$/ {print}' |

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Chuck Hast
I lived in the Kelso/Longview area, I did field service up and down I-5 from N CA to WA and on up into BC (went all the way up to Port Hardy on Vancouver Is. I was active with the local club in Cowlitz Co. also active with the Peak repeater system as I used it a lot on the road on I-5 in OR. They

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Tyrell Jentink
KD7TKJ... Although, I haven't done any of the things I'm supposed to do since getting a vanity call, like update my APRS-IS and EchoLink registrations, register the new domain name, or actually transmit... I was really active in the community when I was studying at the University of Nevada, but

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread John Meissen
Also, there may (or may not) be more extensive documentation under /usr/share/doc. > I've run into a few instances where a program has no man page, but it does > have an 'info' page. However I don't see it very often. > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 7:00 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Ben Koenig
I've run into a few instances where a program has no man page, but it does have an 'info' page. However I don't see it very often. On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 7:00 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Tyrell Jentink > wrote: > > > I'm occasionally surprised by man pages that

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018, logical american wrote: ... such as gvfs, which are intrinsic to the OS and some apparently embedded in the kernal, most running under systemctl control, but with no documentation. L.A., You don't need a man page for a tool over which you have no control. Your example

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Tyrell Jentink
I'm occasionally surprised by man pages that say "This was written for Debian, as no man page existed..." Granted, I normally stumble on them in amateur radio contexts, and I blamed ham radio for being bad at documentation rather than Linux... But as a contradiction to my point... The 'sl'