Thom DeCarlo (trdecarlo++at++tasc.com)
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:07:47 -0500
Thom
Francois Sillion wrote:
>
> Thanks for the information. However, the performer_tools webtools
> are not that easy to install on any system. The release notes state that
>
> 2.4 Prerequisites
>
> To use the IRIS Performer API Search Tool, you must have
> HTTP Server Software running that has the /var/www/htdocs
> directory as the document root. The server also needs to
> have the /var/www/cgi-bin directory configured to accept
> cgi's. As of IRIX 6.2, all systems come with HTTP Server
> Software preinstalled that use the /var/www/htdocs as the
> document root. The /var/www/cgi-bin directory is also
> configured to accept cgi's. This is the defualt
> configuration. If your system is not configured this wa way,
> you need to consult your system administrator. If you need
> help configuring your HTTP server, please read the
> instructions that came with your HTTP Server Software.
>
> On our systems we are not using HTTP server software at this time. I am not
> sure we will want, or be able to, start running it just to access the
> Performer API information. In general I believe we try to avoid running any
> not-strictly-necessary software on our Onyx2 to maintain performance...
>
> Right now the only working source of documentation is 'man (1)'. This seems
> like a real time warp bringing us some years in the past :-) I don't
> even know how to print a man page! I really wish
> there was a more flexible way to install either a complete Insight book, or
> the API search tool... jumping to sgi.com is simply not practical from
> France..
>
> By the way, the URL listed in the Insight book
> (http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/3000/007-3632-001/html) produces
> the following results:
>
> -----------------------
> Not Found
>
> The requested object does not exist on this server. The link you followed is either outdated,
> inaccurate, or the server has been instructed not to let you have it.
> -----------------------
>
> Sharon Clay wrote:
> >
> > The API reference guides are on-line in insight and are just API listings and do
> > not have the man pages to try to keep them to a short and printable form.
> > The general feedback that we got was that including the printed man pages
> > was NOT worth the cost in trees :-)
> > However, if being able to buy printed man pages seems like a real advantage to many,
> > we can add it back as a separate order.
> > It'd probably cost around $200 for the set or maybe half that
> > for just one. Shocking I know but for these low volume printings of big books it
> > isn't cheap. Go to Kinkos to make a copy and it will cost you a whole lot more!
> >
> > May I also suggest that you check out the API search tool in the performer_tools
> > subsystem. This is very handing for checking out and searching API and man pages
> > and sample programs, both C and C++.
> >
> > -----{-----{---++at++ -----{----{---++at++ -----{----{---++at++ -----{----{---++at++
> > Sharon Rose Clay - Silicon Graphics, Advanced Systems Dev.
> > src++at++sgi.com (650) 933 - 1002 FAX: (650) 965 - 2658 MS 8U-590
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> | Francois SILLION | iMAGIS - GRAVIR/IMAG, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9|
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