[futurebasic] RE: [FB] Command Key Question [X-FB]

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From: "Edwards, Waverly" <Waverly.Edwards@...>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:40:48 -0400
Ken,

Didn't you write a program that shows the man pages using the open Unix command a few years back?



W.

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From: tedd [mailto:tedd@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:11 AM
To: futurebasic@...
Subject: Re: [FB] Command Key Question [X-FB]


>On Oct 13, 2004, at 7:55 PM, tedd wrote:
>
>>It's the commands I want to know!  What are the commands?
>
>Same issue here. This is why we dumped command line interfaces years 
>ago in favor of GUIs. Recently, I saw a shareware program (might 
>have been free) that was a front end for the Unix manual. 
>Unfortunately, I don't remember where I saw it, but it might be the 
>ticket. Maybe a search on versiontracker will find it.
>
>Brian S.

Brian:

That's the ticket.  The freeware is called "ManOpen.

Now the problem is there are over 3000 UNIX commands -- I'm on 
information overload.

tedd
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