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From: Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
Message-Id: <199811021132.MAA03109@mars.lu.erisoft.se>
Subject: Re: Out of selectors problem with bash
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 12:32:42 +0100 (MET)
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP-WORKERS)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.981102131322.11877C-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Nov 2, 98 01:23:21 pm
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> > I've looked for "bash", "dpmi", "selector", "memory" in the topic index,
> > and for "bash" in the program index.
> 
> There are several places with `selector' in the Program Index, but I 
> guess you didn't look there.  Program Index means it is *arranged* by a 
> program name, but it doesn't mean the entries there are only program 
> names.  So when in doubt, search both the indices for the topics.
> 
> The best way to look in the indices is by using Info's `i' command: press 
> `i', type "selector RET", and then press comma `,' until the node that is 
> displayed is what you want.  Using this method, the third hit displayed 
> by Info was the one I looked for.

Sorry, I'm looking on the on-line one. Perhaps a search function for the 
on-line one would be good to have?

> > To Eli: perhaps adding an entry "bash: no selectors" or something to the 
> > program index?
> 
> It's not specific to Bash (Make can also fail like this), so it is 
> catalogued under Windows.

How about adding both "bash: no selectors" and "make: no selectors"?

> > And perhaps something to the topic index too, although I'm
> > not sure under what word.
> 
> I will try to add some more indexing, thanks.  (I almost never get any 
> feedback about the indices, so either they are exceptionally good, which 
> I don't believe, or nobody uses them.)

That's why I'm here.


Right,

							MartinS

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