From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18143 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2020 21:04:02 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Jul 2020 21:04:02 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 15D2B9BA51; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 07:03:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066F69BA30; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 07:02:48 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="rzQQmRZJ"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B4DE79BA30; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 07:02:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f173.google.com (mail-qk1-f173.google.com [209.85.222.173]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8A119BA2A for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 07:02:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f173.google.com with SMTP id b79so3341164qkg.9 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:02:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=2hZBmLlGz+MzzU8vJAo09pN6+wC95rV5rojzJE790Ds=; b=rzQQmRZJHAX23C7tfaPC7yMT8BTeHZHbiKumKMlHQiVuTgKDqlqrPFYEGUiTqOI9Nr 1snmh/CHG28sswVulxOVaJY5J+z20VmFVGdPS9nUIdPHK8ooHnBr9mFsPxmq88LwdM1s i07QxDGd+EBaJ2r1FJwY75LilJYlzArnURCB1JYhIwJNunxtM2tZsfXS/F+wvBK4FkGA JNIflKuPGrKQaA9p/AfGUjz/1q3+swFOFQBJjW7Uv5/4I0gVkr9XGchkSyGo38xIRyCN +v5UxojRchy7/xTBxy4Hy2c4AcWIaprXna07T0RrfgnUUyM3bkUdITqKwl8gV7R+iGHc q+Lg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=2hZBmLlGz+MzzU8vJAo09pN6+wC95rV5rojzJE790Ds=; b=kkLNMzpcRExJT6ihMhQPoU5ORGyqy5FfeEPc3vGoztGII8yRhxwQn+EGQTk34/hfg9 z6lHh8xMZwD6wjCegaEVYsxnZdN3lN6TUgTucOF4KPUgdU7DbYzdiGaMR8XxDohgsugS 8EoyJUxyxl51UZi6fWMRdphNLvQ/qDUAW/0quu6HlMDEpZQSN1MJ1YJKBEVRt5vFrSfJ fLrANGdwN5F9WPRfcMseAXTLoaUmV9RG3JRqnjLMKo9qcwH9L+kR+m9+n8QyKj05Eslw G2vBkDLNPZOJZSvWEST15iq/vlUGotYzCPnlpXmS3yJawcUT5hSWwVV1oZkiZn+qw+XV JwMg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530rvrln2/vpmsz1fcOPY39J7rDMu3lmSbS6A4eSh+FPq3FVjfg3 IOBjubqOaS0hDNw0c/hFmEk13XmFWEevC7loe6dj2A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyeL/jn7NJcN7565HKJFHX3gtSvP0YNtiZ9JfkyFc+1SP9NVyYVusFYQQ+mwSVF6rlQiwTjY+C27NA7cIv53KI= X-Received: by 2002:a37:7803:: with SMTP id t3mr23679704qkc.358.1595278962800; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:02:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200717195718.GM18565@mcvoy.com> <77c0536b-87b8-44dd-96fd-76d8ceba30f2@localhost> <2135afdb-db52-05d2-9af6-24ad36367db3@tnetconsulting.net> <40a70393-894a-4b21-8678-a71bbca4aa69@localhost> <8e7efd45-a84e-cf20-9d30-8222357596a3@tnetconsulting.net> <202007200847.06K8l8DF026646@freefriends.org> <20200720094648.GE15253@ancienthardware.org> In-Reply-To: From: John Cowan Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:02:31 -0400 Message-ID: To: Ed Carp Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000e54c8505aae5d3e6" Subject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000e54c8505aae5d3e6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 4:21 PM Ed Carp wrote: Except that it had a rudimentary option completion feature that was > sort of cool. When you typed "ls", for example, it would pop up a > window that would show you all the options that you could select for > that command. That was new and different. Too bad it didn't stick > around. > I remember reading about something like that, though it's not connected in my mind with A/UX. What I do remember is that you had to type "Ls" to pop up the options window: After all, most of the time you don't *want* options for "ls". On a text terminal, the top half of the screen became the options window; its scrolling content was restored when the window was dismissed. The window had checkboxes corresponding to the options and text fields corresponding to their values, if any. I can't remember if it parsed the output of --help or equivalent, though. I also don't recall if such commands were supported in pipelines, though I see no reason why they should not have been. John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Samuel Johnson on playing the violin: "Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible." --000000000000e54c8505aae5d3e6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 4:21 PM Ed Carp &= lt;erc@pobox.com> wrote:
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Except that it had a rudimentary option completion fe= ature that was
sort of cool. When you typed "ls", for example, it would pop up a=
window that would show you all the options that you could select for
that command. That was new and different. Too bad it didn't stick
around.

I remember reading about someth= ing like that, though it's not connected in my mind with A/UX.=C2=A0 Wh= at I do remember is that you had to type=C2=A0"Ls" to pop up the = options window: After all, most of the time you don't *want* options fo= r=C2=A0 "ls".=C2=A0=C2=A0On a text terminal, the top half of the = screen became the options window; its scrolling content was restored when t= he window was dismissed.

The window had checkboxes= corresponding to the options and text fields corresponding to their values= , if any.=C2=A0 I can't remember if it parsed the output of --help or e= quivalent, though.=C2=A0 I also don't recall if such commands were supp= orted in pipelines,=C2=A0though I see no reason why they should not have be= en.



John Cowan =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0h= ttp://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0cowan@ccil.org
Samuel Johnson on playing the vio= lin: "Difficult do you call it, Sir?
I wish it were impossible.&quo= t;
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