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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 8611 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2020 23:03:42 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 31 Jul 2020 23:03:42 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id AAA0D9CB56; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:03:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0939B9C9E3; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:02:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 623669C9E3; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:02:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta13p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta13p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.77]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2AC8593DFC for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:02:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep13p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200731230229.BANJ21101.viclafep13p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:02:29 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrieelgdduiecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesmhdttdertderjeenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeeigeetiedvveefffdukefhgeeludevjeektdfgfedukefhkeelledvjeehteeffeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqecuuefqffgjpeekuefkvffokffogfdprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5E8A564B14A273B3 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:02:29 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 06VN2SF8062230 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:02:28 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 06VN2RkC062227 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:02:28 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 09:02:27 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1483753691-2053475750-1596236548=:61909" 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1483753691-2053475750-1596236548=:61909 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Mon, 20 Jul 2020, John Cowan wrote: > 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. I'm glad that it was sort of optional, otherwise it would annoy the hell out of me. SMIT was quite nice although; although it was a GUI (which I loathe), at least it displayed the command that was run as a result (which was just as well!) so you could type it yourself if you liked. -- Dave --1483753691-2053475750-1596236548=:61909--