[6947] in Athena Bugs
the help program
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jan 24 15:14:34 1991
From: dagoura@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 91 15:14:13 EST
The "help" program demands too much memory for a VS/2 to run; this means
a brand new user will type "help", they will get this cryptic warning about
memory and xwindows and something called "-tty", then they will get a
Mac-style menu-window on which, when they choose an item at the bottom
of the choice tree, returns a message in a the original window about not
being able to call up the window. The program is to intimidating to be
useful! It demands a level of confidence and understanding that the people
who need the "help" program most will not necessarily have. It would be
nice to have the default be the -tty version, and "xhelp" be the X version.
Or make the X version need less memory. Just reminding you.
dagoura@athena
