NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/lang/c/11799

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From: [e-mail] (euphausia superba)
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Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
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Date: 30 Jul 92 16:43:17 GMT
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In comp.lang.c, [e-mail] (David P. Murphy) writes:
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| but, pray tell, what does that make the <very bad adjective> person at AT&T
| who decided that [a] no index was needed in the System V reference manuals
| and that [b] the table of contents didn't need page numbers and that
| [c] the "alphabetical" list of commands is only sorted that way _within_
| each group, as in make(1) fork(2) cuserid(3C) sin(3F) and so on.
|
| oh, and knowing that the commands are in alphabetical order may not
| may not be of much help, even if you _do_ know the group number.
| for instance, fstat() appears only under stat(2), while fileno() is
| discussed under ferror(3S).  i realize, of course, that this arrangement
| does not inconvenience you at all, fred, and that it is just the dues
| i must pay in order to one day be recognized as a unix guru ---
| coincidentally the same day i will slash my wrists.
|
| why is the "layout of the manual" so <mind-shockingly rude adjective> sacred
| that no index is prepared??  huh??  c'mon, fred, let's hear some reasons!
|
| READ BEFORE FLAMING:  the groups mentioned above, and putting fileno()
| under ferror(), is fine . . . or would be, if they would just index it.

I think this is why there's a catman(8).

      the krill