Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!mandrill!hal!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Request for human interface design anecdotes Message-ID: <6310@ncoast.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 19:01:21 EST Article-I.D.: ncoast.6310 Posted: Tue Dec 1 19:01:21 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 07:41:38 EST References: <10515@brl-adm.ARPA> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh Lines: 14 As quoted from <10515@brl-adm.ARPA> by dsill@NSWC-OAS.arpa (Dave Sill): +--------------- | >It is trivial to say "ln /bin/cat /bin/type"; why don't we do it? | | One reason is that linking `type' to `cat' doesn't create a man page | for `type'. +--------------- ....but once you bring man pages into it, we got far worse problems than cryptic commands and typos in * commands! -- Brandon S. Allbery necntc!ncoast!allbery@harvard.harvard.edu {hoptoad,harvard!necntc,cbosgd,sun!mandrill!hal,uunet!hnsurg3}!ncoast!allbery Moderator of comp.sources.misc