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On-line Encyclopedia for HP Users

This Encyclopedia (aka the "SMUG Book") contains tips and reference material for users of the HP 3000 and HP-UX. There are two ways to view this collection: via this Index, through a chapter-oriented table of contents.

Enjoy.----- Bob Green, Editor.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

  • == (equals) versus = (assignment)
  • * in UNIX versus @ in MPE

    • A
  • acronyms
  • Adager, database maintenance and repair
  • Adager and the highwater mark
  • Adventure games
  • Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
  • Alt-numeric to enter European characters
  • ANSI character set, Windows
  • ANSI terminals, line drawing
  • Aoptions means Access-Options, MPE
  • Arithmetic Right Shift
  • ASCII character set
  • ASCII versus Binary transfers
  • automated testing

    • B
  • background tasks on UNIX
  • batch processes, optimizing
  • bdf program, UNIX
  • Berkeley Sockets
  • Binary versus ASCII transfers
  • bits
  • block-mode handshake
  • Bradmark
  • branching, delayed (PA-RISC)
  • Brooks, Frederick
  • browser
  • bypassing security
  • byte, a unit of storage
  • byte addressing on the Classic HP 3000
  • byte order in multi-byte values

    • C
  • C language, most common error
  • cabling, RS-232
  • Cairo
  • calling sequences of MPE intrinsics
  • Carriage Control on MPE
  • cat (concatenate), UNIX
  • catman program, UNIX
  • CCTL on MPE
  • character sets, overview
  • character sets, extended
  • Classic HP 3000, history of
  • Classic HP 3000, byte addressing
  • cleanup after a TELNET Disconnect
  • closing a file, MPE
  • closing a file, UNIX
  • CM (compatibility mode)
  • command files on MPE
  • command cross-reference, MPE-to-UNIX
  • command interpreters, UNIX
  • Compatibility mode (CM)
  • Condition Code
  • Control characters (ASCII set)
  • Control character debug using Display Functions
  • control functions on files
  • creating a process
  • Cseq Calling Sequence Utility
  • current working directory

    • D
  • database design, IMAGE/SQL
  • database API, IMAGE/SQL
  • data integrity
  • data-types, long versus short
  • deadly embrace, MPE
  • Debugger, System
  • debugging programs
  • De-Frag/X program
  • delayed branching in PA-RISC
  • Detpack for packing detail datasets
  • development methods
  • /dev/tty (UNIX)
  • df program, UNIX
  • disc fragmentation, MPE
  • DISC
  • disc space, HP-UX
  • disc space, MPE
  • disc space, units of measure
  • disconnect from TELNET, manual cleanup
  • display enhancements on HP crts
  • display functions mode on HP crts
  • Doom and Doom 2
  • dot files in UNIX
  • double data sizes
  • DNS, Domain Name System
  • Dynamic Information Systems Inc.

    • E
  • EBCDIC character set
  • EBCDIC-ASCII conversions
  • ECS (Extended Character Set), DOS
  • efficiency report for IMAGE/SQL
  • electronic mail
  • Elements of Programming Style
  • Elements of Style
  • emoticons
  • English, how to write it well
  • enhancements (inverse video) on HP crt
  • ENQ-ACK flow control
  • Escape sequence debug with display functions
  • Escape sequences on HP crts
  • equals (==) versus assignment (=)
  • European characters
  • European characters, entry in MS Windows
  • European characters, entry on HP crt
  • European characters, Roman-8 version
  • European characters, Web pages
  • extended character sets
  • extents

    • F
  • FCLOSE routine, MPE
  • fclose routine, UNIX
  • FCONTROL intrinsic, MPE
  • fcontrol function, UNIX
  • fetching files into memory, MPE
  • Feynman, Richard, on paperwork
  • field list parameter of IMAGE
  • file access, mapped
  • file attributes, checking in MPE commands
  • filecodes in MPE
  • file equations, MPE
  • file security, UNIX
  • FINFO function, MPE
  • floating-point numbers, long and short
  • flow control
  • FOPEN routine, MPE
  • fopen routine, UNIX
  • Foptions means File-Options, MPE
  • fork and exec (UNIX)
  • fragmentation, MPE
  • full-screen editing in Qedit

    • G
  • general registers, PA-RISC
  • gigabyte
  • graphical excellence
  • grep, UNIX tool for searching files

    • H
  • halfword, a unit of storage
  • handshake
  • hashing, IMAGE database
  • help, on-line
  • help, UNIX
  • help, Qedit
  • help, Suprtool
  • hereis documents
  • hidden files in UNIX
  • highwater mark
  • history of the HP 3000
  • HowMessy report for IMAGE/SQL
  • How to Lie With Statistics
  • HP character set, line drawing
  • HP character set, Roman-8
  • HP crt, keying extended characters
  • HPFOPEN routine, MPE
  • HP Way
  • HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

    • I
  • IMAGE/SQL database
  • IMAGE/SQL efficiency report
  • IMAGE/SQL intrinsics (API)
  • incremental development
  • input using heris documents, UNIX
  • instructions, PA-RISC machine
  • integers, long and short
  • integrity of data
  • Internet
  • Internet tips for MPE users
  • intrinsic parameters in MPE
  • intrinsics, IMAGE/SQL
  • inverse video
  • invisible files in UNIX
  • isatty function (UNIX)
  • ISO Latin-1 character set, 8859-1

    • J
  • JAZZ machine

    • K
  • Kernighan and Plauger
  • keys for database searching
  • keyboard control of Windows
  • kilobyte
  • Klondike Memory Utility, MPE
  • Kohon, Michel

    • L
  • landscape mode printing in Qedit
  • LaserJet Printer Control Language
  • LaserJet options of Qedit
  • laws of managing
  • laws of naming
  • laws of programming
  • laws of simplicity
  • line drawing characters
  • linking data from several places
  • listing file names and attributes on HP-UX
  • listing file names and attributes on MPE
  • locking multiple files
  • long versus short numbers
  • long versus short pointers
  • looking at files, Qedit
  • looking at files, UNIX

    • M
  • machine instructions, PA-RISC
  • Magnet tool for searching MPE files
  • managing, laws of
  • man-month, myth of
  • manual, how to read a
  • mapped access, long versus short
  • megabyte
  • megabyte, disc space
  • memory utility for MPE files
  • memory monitor for MPE (Pages)
  • method, Step-By-Step
  • methods of developing software
  • Minesweeper
  • missing records, finding with Suprtool
  • modes (UNIX file security)
  • more, UNIX tool to print files
  • MPE name space
  • MPE tips, techniques and traps
  • MPE, what is it?
  • MPE, Web server
  • MR means multi-record or multiple-RIN
  • multiple-RIN capability
  • multiply without a multiply instruction
  • multi-record access
  • Mythical Man Month

    • N
  • name space, MPE
  • naming, laws of
  • Native Mode (NM)
  • networking, a short history
  • NOBUF/MR access
  • Nuggets utility tools
  • numbers, long and short

    • O
  • OCT, Object Code Translator
  • OMEGA project, HP history
  • Omnidex
  • on-line response time
  • opening a file in MPE and UNIX
  • optimizing batch processes
  • optimizing on-line processes
  • O'Reilly publications

    • P
  • pacing
  • Packard, Dave ("The garage")
  • Packard, Dave ("The HP Way")
  • packet
  • page, a unit of storage
  • page faults, monitoring
  • Pages memory monitor for MPE
  • paperwork
  • PA-RISC architecture from HP
  • parity
  • passive versus active voice
  • path in database
  • pattern matching
  • PC-8 character set, line drawing
  • PCL means Printer Control Language
  • PCL option of Qedit
  • performance, batch
  • performance, on-line
  • permissions (UNIX file security)
  • Plauger and Kernighan
  • pointers, long and short
  • POSIX
  • Pop Quiz on Quality
  • PowerHouse with Suprtool
  • Printer Control Language
  • privileged mode (PM)
  • process creation
  • process monitor tool, MPE
  • programming, elements of style
  • programming, structured
  • programming, laws of

    • Q
  • quadrants in PA-RISC addressing
  • quality of software
  • quality of software, a pop quiz
  • Qedit, editing odd character values
  • Qedit full-screen editor
  • Quiz with Suprtool

    • R
  • real numbers, long and short
  • Reduced Instruction Set Computing
  • Reflection for Windows cut/paste tip
  • registers in PA-RISC
  • Rego, Alfredo, "How to Read a Manual"
  • regular expressions
  • response time, optimizing
  • reusable software
  • reverse video
  • RISC architecture
  • root directory
  • root, user
  • RS-232 cabling
  • Roman-8 character set (HP)

    • S
  • screen editing in Qedit
  • search keys in databases
  • searching files in MPE with Magnet
  • searching files in Qedit
  • searching files in UNIX
  • sector, a unit of storage on MPE
  • self-describing (SD) files
  • serial scan
  • shell, the UNIX command interpreter
  • shell scripts, power tips
  • shell startup files
  • shell startup files are hidden
  • short data values
  • short pointers and quadrants
  • short versus long pointers
  • SHOT process monitor tool, MPE
  • Sieler, Stan, on unlimited extents
  • Sieler, Stan, father of Nuggets
  • SimCity/2000 game
  • simplicity
  • smileys
  • SMUG book, history of
  • SMUG II microproceedings
  • SMUG IV Pocket Encyclopedia
  • sockets
  • software development methods
  • software testing, automated
  • solitaire (Windows), how to cheat
  • space registers in PA-RISC
  • SPL
  • stack marker
  • Startup in Windows, how to bypass
  • statistics
  • Status Register, Classic 3000
  • Step-By-Step Method
  • Stevens, Richard (UNIX Book)
  • string search, Qedit
  • structured programming
  • subfiles, PowerHouse
  • Superdex
  • superuser
  • Suprlink
  • Suprtool, EBCDIC-ASCII conversions
  • Suprtool high-speed sort/scan tool
  • switches between NM and CM
  • System Debugger
  • system manager on UNIX
  • systems development
  • Systems Programming Language, SPL

    • T
  • tags in hypertext
  • tail command (UNIX)
  • TCP/IP
  • TELNET disconnects, manual cleanup
  • terminal control, UNIX vs MPE
  • terminal identification (UNIX)
  • testing software, automated
  • third-party indexing
  • third-party indexing in IMAGE
  • threads versus processes
  • Three Letter Acronyms (aka TLA)
  • transient disc space
  • triva contest, HP 3000
  • ttyname function (UNIX)
  • TurboIMAGE database

    • U
  • Undo your edits in Qedit
  • Unicode
  • UNIX does not coddle you
  • UNIX-Haters Handbook
  • UNIX Power Tools, a book review
  • UNIX programming
  • Undo in Windows
  • UNIX tips for MPE users

    • V
  • video attributes, HP terminals
  • Visual Display of Quantitative Information
  • VT terminals, line drawing

    • W
  • The Warning Signs: A Pop Quiz on Quality
  • Web pages
  • wildcards in file names
  • Windows, ANSI character set
  • Windows, how to use without a mouse
  • Windows, keyboard shortcuts
  • Windows NT tips
  • Windows Startup, how to bypass
  • Windows tips
  • Windows Web sites
  • Windows, which version
  • Windows 95 tips
  • winsock
  • Wolfenstein
  • word, a unit of storage
  • World Wide Web (WWW)

    • X
  • XON-XOFF pacing

    • Y

    Z

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