[Coco] nitrOS-9 documentation

[Frank Pittel]

On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 12:31:52PM -0500, Mark Marlette wrote:
> Frank,
> 
> If you are trying to use edit to edit scripts....uggggghhhhhhh

As far as I can tell the only other editor I have right now is ded
and edit has ded beat for editing scripts.

 
> Get a screen editor like VED or another. Things are hard enough without
> making the simple things hard.....
> 
> Check it out on our web site.


I've seen it and it's on my short list of things that I need!! It would
be nice to get a port of vi to os9! :-) (ducking and dodging) The delay
is in me not be decide which will give me the most bang for the buck.
Alas other hobbies are competing with the coco for my "toy" budget. This
is leaving me to try and decide between a 6309 and 512k of ram.

Frank



> Mark
> Cloud-9
> 
> Quoting Frank Pittel <fwp at deepthought.com>:
> 
> > The problem is that there isn't much available to read. While
> > "hacking"
> > away at a problem might work in some situations it is a non-starting
> > solution in another. One of the things that I commonly see in the
> > documentation that I have for nitros and other software for it is the
> > passing comment to edit a file. That sounds easy enough until one
> > goes
> > ahead and fires up edit. The poke at it until you figure out how it
> > works
> > is a non-starter with edit. :-(
> >
> > As a unix admin I agree that not every situation can be documented
> > and that
> > for some things the trial and error approach to solving problems can
> > be a
> > good learning experience. However there are other times that it can
> > be
> > dangerous to go plodding through some things with no idea of what
> > you're
> > doing.
> >
> > Frank
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:18:51PM +1000, Bob Devries wrote:
> > > You know, a lot of people have said that the OS-9 docs are not for
> > the
> > > feint hearted, and yet, it is all most of us have used to get to
> > the
> > > knowledge level we are at.
> > >
> > > I believe that persistence, and constant "hacking" at it is the way
> > to
> > > learn how it works. I started (way back when OS-9 level 1 came out)
> > by just
> > > reading the OS-9 manuals, particularly the tech ref manual, and
> > trying
> > > different things until it was working, and most important of all,
> > read,
> > > read, read.
> > >
> > > Also, I was never afraid to ask silly questions. :P
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards, Bob Devries. Dalby, Queensland, Australia.
> > > Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to.
> > > http://e4god.com/freeblogs/bdevries/
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Frank Pittel" <fwp at deepthought.com>
> > > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"
> > <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:48 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Coco] nitrOS-9 documentation
> > >
> > >
> > > >On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:09:17PM -0400, RJRTTY at aol.com wrote:
> > > >>In a message dated 7/4/05 10:39:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > >>theother_bob at yahoo.com writes:
> > > >>
> > > >><<  The lack of NOS documentation is what drove me to work on
> > this in the
> > > >> first place... I'll get back on it!
> > > >>
> > > >> cheers,
> > > >> Bob >>
> > > >>
> > > >>       We need more like you Bob.    Everybody who loves the coco
> > > >>should try to make a like contribution to the community.   Find a
> > > >>need and meet it!!
> > > >
> > > >I agree completely. After reading Bob's mail I wanted to offer to
> > help
> > > >until I realized that I was the one asking for the documentation!!
> > :-)
> > > >It is important that we all remember that writing the
> > documentation for
> > > >a software application such as nitros-9 is not a very glamorous
> > job while
> > > >at the same time it's vital to the success of the application.
> > > >
> > > >I would like to offer to proof read the documentation. What I
> > offer is the
> > > >opinion of someone that knows little about nitros-9 but wants to
> > learn. I
> > > >have found that much of the available documentation is written for
> > people
> > > >that already have a strong understanding of it. This leaves the
> > newbie
> > > >like
> > > >myself scratching our heads trying to make sense of it.
> > > >
> > > >Frank
> > > >
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