| Developer Release 8 of the BeOS comes with an installation
guide and a user's guide. With the release of DR8.2, the user's guide is
now provided on-line in HTML format, so you can read it in the BeOS using
NetPositive. The user's guide is also available in Adobe Acrobat format,
so you can read and print it in other operating systems.
Note: The HTML edition of the BeOS User's Guide that shipped
on the DR8.2 BeOS for Power Mac CD suffered from a number of HTML
errors, which are corrected in the version available here.
The BeOS User's Guide
The BeOS User's Guide shows you how to work with the Be user
interface, how to use the Be applications, and how to use the Be development
environment on the BeBox and on a Macintosh. It also provides some hints
for troubleshooting.
Prior to the release of the BeOS for Power Macintosh, Be user documentation
for both the BeBox and the BeOS were included in one book, the Be User's
Guide, which is currently being split into separate hardware and software
books. The BeOS User's Guide is an updated edition of the software
portions of the Be User's Guide.
This release of the BeOS User's Guide is also browsable via the Be web site. It's divided into chapters, which you can reach by following the links below:
Installing and Reading the BeOS User's Guide in
the BeOS
If you're running the BeOS on a BeBox or a Power Macintosh and you are
connected to the Internet, follow these instructions to download, install,
and read the HTML edition of the BeOS User's Guide:
- Start the Terminal application by double-clicking its icon in the
/apps
folder
- In the Terminal window, enter cd documentation
- Enter ftp ftp.be.com to connect to the Be ftp server
- At the ftp user prompt, enter anonymous
- At the ftp password prompt, simply press Return
- Enter cd /pub/docs/DR8.2/UserDoc
- Enter get BeOSUsersGuide.tar.gz to download the BeOS User's
Guide archive
- Enter quit to disconnect from the Be ftp server
- Enter gunzip BeOSUsersGuide.tar.gz to uncompress the archive
- Enter tar xvf BeOSUsersGuide.tar to extract the HTML edition
of the BeOS User's Guide from the archive (this installs or replaces
the BeOS User's Guide folder in the /documentation folder)
- Enter rm BeOSUsersGuide.tar to delete the archive file
- Choose Quit from Terminal's main menu
- Drag the /documentation/BeOS User's Guide/index.html file onto
the NetPositive application icon to open the table of contents to the BeOS
User's Guide
Downloading Versions of the BeOS User's Guide for Other
Platforms
You can download an archive of the BeOS User's Guide, last updated on January 16, 1997:
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