Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 16:37:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file://localhost/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980513163037.21600A-100000@james.hwcn.org> In-Reply-To: <19980513195232.16585@welearn.com.au>
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On Wed, 13 May 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > > Although, of course, the correct way to beep from an sh file is > > to use `tput bl`. > > Jeez, no matter what the subject, someone comes up with a command I've > never heard of :-) OK, it works great but how come the man page doesn't > mention it? You didn't check the "SEE ALSO" section to find-out what tput(1) means by "attribute". :) (I think tg already pointed this out, but you want man 5 termcap). > Making something look obviously wrong isn't always the most effective way > to stop it happening. People tend to take the most familiar action, then > the one most like the previous, then the one that looks easiest, then get > upset and start making decisions as a last resort. Software tends to > expect that these priorities are reversed. Yow. I think that summarizes everything from computer usability problems to their incredible inability to transfer skills learned in one area to another. -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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