[6876] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.2P: help -tty (ez2ascii?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Jan 11 11:18:28 1991
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 91 11:18:18 EST
From: Carla J. Fermann <carla@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: mickey-mouse
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.2P
Display type: SM
*What were you trying to do?
Look at the information about some of the popual zephyr instances
(What Kind of Zephyr Messages you can Subscribe To).
*What's wrong:
The formatting is really weird, probably due to ez2ascii. Here are
some examples:
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theworkstation and the appropriate filesystems), and class message,
instancepersonal messages. Running znol (See the module on Finding Other
Users) willautomatically subscribe (for the login session) to class login
Here is a partial list of instances belonging to class message. Note thatnone
of these instances are officially sanctioned.
INSTANCE SYNOPSIS
personal User to user messages. urgent Urgent user messages.
proverb Proverb every hour. weather Hourly weather report (on the half hour)
.
xconq Messages concerning xconq, especially finding opponents.
boggle Automatic message when someone starts playing mboggle. hunt
Automatic
message when someone starts playing hunt. Both boggle and hunt can
also be
used to find opponents. consult Consultant messages for consultant
communication; Don't ask questions over instance consult - use
olc. Consultant use of this instance is subject to change. help
Informal
questions other users can answer - frees consult. sipb Question
s, answers,
and discussions involving SIPB members. (Student Information ProcessingBoard) watchmaker Technical discussions about Athena. Watchmakers are
student programmers employed by Athena system development. unix
Another
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*What should have happened:
The documents should be formatted so that they are readable, words
don't run together, etc. Since starting up help from the login screen
will give you 'help -tty', I think it's especially important that the
documents displayed there are understandable, since it might be the
user's first exposure to Athena.
*Please describe any relevant documentation references:
:-)
Thanks!
Carla
