18 Apr
2013
18 Apr
'13
4:36 p.m.
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013, MG wrote:
I'd agree with VMS' help system being best.
Exactly.
On 18-apr-2013 3:19, Cory Smelosky wrote:
There is a linux...compat layer there it seems. It might even be a UNIX
"vm".
It's much easier to get through the MTS
manuals...the commands for it
actually seem logical and like they weren't written using a spinning
dartboard and a random number generator. (I know I exaggerated, but MVS
is a bit strange, you gotta admit that)
On FanDeZhi I tried MVS, or some variation of it and --- I don't know
if it's the usual incarnation --- but it struck me as being very much
like UNIX? (With a Bourne Shell, of some type, although missing many
things like Curses.) The HELP system is useful, too! It's menu
driven. It's far, far
superior to UNIX/Linux man pages.
It's not bad, but, I personally like the VMS HELP system best of all.
UNIX "man" pages vary, especially between various 'vendors' and also
depending on how you'd like to process (e.g. pipe) them.
Linux man pages are also inferior to BSD man
pages...I like man pages on
all the drivers. ;)
Linux "man" pages also doesn't always seem to abide to common
formatting rules.
- MG
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