docs/unix-phil
changeset 47:b6ae4a8ab1d3
improved references and some minor design issues
author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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date | Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:11:39 +0200 |
parents | 98a1446744c7 |
children | 40caeb9e9b25 |
files | bib unix-phil.ms |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) [+] |
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1.1 --- a/bib Mon Apr 12 10:52:59 2010 +0200 1.2 +++ b/bib Mon Apr 12 14:11:39 2010 +0200 1.3 @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ 1.4 1.5 %L Brooks 1.6 %A Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. 1.7 +%T The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering 1.8 +%D 1995 1.9 +%V Anniversary Edition 1.10 +%I Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 1.11 +%O \s-1ISBN\s0: 0-201-83595-9 1.12 + 1.13 +%L Brooks 1.14 +%A Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. 1.15 %T No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering 1.16 %B Information Processing 1986, the Proceedings of the IFIP Tenth World Computing Conference 1.17 %D 1986 1.18 @@ -73,7 +81,8 @@ 1.19 1.20 %A Ken Thompson 1.21 %A Dennis M. Ritchie 1.22 -%T Unix Programmer's Manual, First Edition 1.23 +%T Unix Programmer's Manual 1.24 +%V First Edition 1.25 %D 1971-11-03 1.26 %P mail(1) 1.27 %O Online: \f(CW\s-1 http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/pdfs/man12.pdf 1.28 @@ -124,3 +133,17 @@ 1.29 %D 2009-07-15 1.30 %I LWN.net 1.31 %O Online: \f(CW\s-1 http://lwn.net/Articles/341245/ 1.32 + 1.33 +%L nmh 1.34 +%T Website of nmh 1.35 +%O Online: \f(CW\s-1 http://nmh.nongnu.org 1.36 + 1.37 +%L uzbl 1.38 +%T Website of uzbl 1.39 +%O Online: \f(CW\s-1 http://uzbl.org 1.40 + 1.41 +%A DigDuality (posted by timothy) 1.42 +%T Meet Uzbl \(en a Web Browser With the Unix Philosophy 1.43 +%I Slashdot 1.44 +%D 2009-09-05 1.45 +%O Online: \f(CW\s-1 http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/09/05/2142235
2.1 --- a/unix-phil.ms Mon Apr 12 10:52:59 2010 +0200 2.2 +++ b/unix-phil.ms Mon Apr 12 14:11:39 2010 +0200 2.3 @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 2.4 .nr PS 11 2.5 .nr VS 13 2.6 .nr lu 0 2.7 + 2.8 .de CW 2.9 .nr PQ \\n(.f 2.10 .if t .ft CW 2.11 @@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ 2.12 .if n .if \\n(.$>1 \&\\$1\c 2.13 .if n .if \\n(.$>1 \&\\$2 2.14 .. 2.15 + 2.16 .ds [. \ [ 2.17 .ds .] ] 2.18 2.19 @@ -26,6 +28,11 @@ 2.20 .ps -1 2.21 .. 2.22 2.23 +.am DS 2.24 +.CW 2.25 +.ps -1 2.26 +.. 2.27 + 2.28 .\"---------------------------------------- 2.29 2.30 .TL 2.31 @@ -45,8 +52,8 @@ 2.32 .FS 2.33 .ps -1 2.34 This paper was prepared for the ``Software Analysis'' seminar at University Ulm. 2.35 -Mentor was professor Schweiggert. 2010-04-05 2.36 -.br 2.37 +Mentor was professor Franz Schweiggert. 2.38 +Handed in on 2010-04-12. 2.39 You may retrieve this document from 2.40 .CW \s-1http://marmaro.de/docs \ . 2.41 .FE 2.42 @@ -54,6 +61,8 @@ 2.43 .NH 1 2.44 Introduction 2.45 .XS 2.46 +.sp .5v 2.47 +.B 2.48 \*(SN Introduction 2.49 .XE 2.50 .LP 2.51 @@ -130,6 +139,7 @@ 2.52 Importance of software design in general 2.53 .XS 2.54 .sp .5v 2.55 +.B 2.56 \*(SN Importance of software design in general 2.57 .XE 2.58 .LP 2.59 @@ -245,6 +255,7 @@ 2.60 The Unix Philosophy 2.61 .XS 2.62 .sp .5v 2.63 +.B 2.64 \*(SN The Unix Philosophy 2.65 .XE 2.66 .LP 2.67 @@ -263,8 +274,6 @@ 2.68 .PP 2.69 Counting the number of files in the current directory: 2.70 .DS 2.71 -.CW 2.72 -.ps -1 2.73 ls | wc -l 2.74 .DE 2.75 The 2.76 @@ -276,8 +285,6 @@ 2.77 .PP 2.78 Counting the number of files that do not contain ``foo'' in their name: 2.79 .DS 2.80 -.CW 2.81 -.ps -1 2.82 ls | grep -v foo | wc -l 2.83 .DE 2.84 Here, the list of files is filtered by 2.85 @@ -287,8 +294,6 @@ 2.86 .PP 2.87 Finding the five largest entries in the current directory. 2.88 .DS 2.89 -.CW 2.90 -.ps -1 2.91 du -s * | sort -nr | sed 5q 2.92 .DE 2.93 .CW "du -s * 2.94 @@ -442,8 +447,6 @@ 2.95 A wrapper script for finding the five largest entries in the current directory 2.96 could look like this: 2.97 .DS 2.98 -.CW 2.99 -.ps -1 2.100 #!/bin/sh 2.101 du -s * | sort -nr | sed 5q 2.102 .DE 2.103 @@ -452,8 +455,6 @@ 2.104 It is probably worth to make the program flexible on the number of 2.105 entries it prints: 2.106 .DS 2.107 -.CW 2.108 -.ps -1 2.109 #!/bin/sh 2.110 num=5 2.111 [ $# -eq 1 ] && num="$1" 2.112 @@ -513,6 +514,10 @@ 2.113 .PP 2.114 Writing a prototype is a great method for becoming familiar with the requirements 2.115 and to run into real problems early. 2.116 +.[ [ 2.117 +gancarz 2.118 +unix philosophy 2.119 +.], page 28 f.] 2.120 .PP 2.121 Prototyping is often seen as a first step in building a software. 2.122 This is, of course, good. 2.123 @@ -534,7 +539,7 @@ 2.124 .LP 2.125 The Unix Philosophy aims for the 90% solution; 2.126 others call it the ``Worse is better'' approach. 2.127 -Practical experience shows, that: 2.128 +Experience from real life projects shows: 2.129 .PP 2.130 (1) It is almost never possible to define the 2.131 requirements completely and correctly the first time. 2.132 @@ -552,6 +557,12 @@ 2.133 Software parts that will be written in future, 2.134 do not need maintenance till then. 2.135 .PP 2.136 +See Brooks' ``The Mythical Man-Month'' for reference. 2.137 +.[ [ 2.138 +brooks 2.139 +mythical man-month 2.140 +.], page 115 ff.] 2.141 +.PP 2.142 Starting with a prototype in a scripting language has several advantages: 2.143 .IP \(bu 2.144 As the initial effort is low, one will likely start right away. 2.145 @@ -608,26 +619,21 @@ 2.146 (This may be at the level of one creature, or at the level of one species.) 2.147 The fitness of software is affected mainly by four properties: 2.148 portability of code, portability of data, range of usability, and reusability of parts. 2.149 -.\" .IP \(bu 2.150 -.\" portability of code 2.151 -.\" .IP \(bu 2.152 -.\" portability of data 2.153 -.\" .IP \(bu 2.154 -.\" range of usability 2.155 -.\" .IP \(bu 2.156 -.\" reuseability of parts 2.157 .PP 2.158 (1) 2.159 .I "Portability of code 2.160 means, using high-level programming languages, 2.161 sticking to the standard, 2.162 +.[ [ 2.163 +kernighan pike 2.164 +practice of programming 2.165 +.], chapter\|8] 2.166 and avoiding optimizations that introduce dependencies on specific hardware. 2.167 Hardware has a much lower lifetime than software. 2.168 By chaining software to a specific hardware, 2.169 the software's lifetime gets shortened to that of this hardware. 2.170 In contrast, software should be easy to port \(en 2.171 adaptation is the key to success. 2.172 -.\" cf. practice of prog: ch08 2.173 .PP 2.174 (2) 2.175 .I "Portability of data 2.176 @@ -641,7 +647,10 @@ 2.177 Apart from being able to transfer data between machines, 2.178 readable data has the great advantage, that humans are able to directly 2.179 read and edit it with text editors and other tools from the Unix toolchest. 2.180 -.\" gancarz tenet 5 2.181 +.[ [ 2.182 +gancarz 2.183 +unix philosophy 2.184 +.], page 56 ff.] 2.185 .PP 2.186 (3) 2.187 A large 2.188 @@ -705,6 +714,7 @@ 2.189 Case study: \s-1MH\s0 2.190 .XS 2.191 .sp .5v 2.192 +.B 2.193 \*(SN Case study: \s-1MH\s0 2.194 .XE 2.195 .LP 2.196 @@ -718,6 +728,9 @@ 2.197 This first case study is about the mail user agents (\s-1MUA\s0) 2.198 \s-1MH\s0 (``mail handler'') and its descendent \fInmh\fP 2.199 (``new mail handler''). 2.200 +.[ 2.201 +nmh website 2.202 +.] 2.203 \s-1MUA\s0s provide functions to read, compose, and organize mail, 2.204 but (ideally) not to transfer it. 2.205 In this document, the name \s-1MH\s0 will be used to include nmh. 2.206 @@ -1052,7 +1065,6 @@ 2.207 To use the format as default for \f(CWscan\fP, a single line, 2.208 reading 2.209 .DS 2.210 -.CW 2.211 scan: -form FORMATFILE 2.212 .DE 2.213 must be added to \f(CW.mh_profile\fP. 2.214 @@ -1168,6 +1180,7 @@ 2.215 Case study: uzbl 2.216 .XS 2.217 .sp .5v 2.218 +.B 2.219 \*(SN Case study: uzbl 2.220 .XE 2.221 .LP 2.222 @@ -1200,20 +1213,35 @@ 2.223 Fortunately, he found the time. 2.224 One day later, the first prototype was out. 2.225 One week later, uzbl had an own website. 2.226 +.[ 2.227 +uzbl website 2.228 +.] 2.229 One month after the first code showed up, 2.230 -a mailing list was installed to coordinate and discuss further development. 2.231 -Then a wiki followed to store documentation and scripts that showed up on the 2.232 +a mailing list was installed to coordinate and discuss further development, 2.233 +and a wiki was added to store documentation and scripts that showed up on the 2.234 mailing list and elsewhere. 2.235 .PP 2.236 In the, now, one year of uzbl's existence, it was heavily developed on various branches. 2.237 Plaetinck's task became more and more to only merge the best code from the 2.238 different branches into his main branch, and to apply patches. 2.239 +.[ 2.240 +lwn uzbl 2.241 +.] 2.242 About once a month, Plaetinck released a new version. 2.243 In September 2009, he presented several forks of uzbl. 2.244 +.[ [ 2.245 +uzbl website 2.246 +.], news archive] 2.247 Uzbl, actually, opened the field for a whole family of web browsers with similar shape. 2.248 .PP 2.249 In July 2009, \fILinux Weekly News\fP published an interview with Plaetinck about uzbl. 2.250 +.[ 2.251 +lwn uzbl 2.252 +.] 2.253 In September 2009, the uzbl web browser was on \fISlashdot\fP. 2.254 +.[ 2.255 +slashdot uzbl 2.256 +.] 2.257 2.258 .NH 2 2.259 Contrasts to other web browsers 2.260 @@ -1240,7 +1268,6 @@ 2.261 and on stdin, and it writes events to a Unix socket and to stdout. 2.262 Loading a webpage in a running uzbl instance requires only: 2.263 .DS 2.264 -.CW 2.265 echo 'uri http://example.org' >/path/to/uzbl-fifo 2.266 .DE 2.267 The graphical rendering of the webpage is done by webkit, 2.268 @@ -1340,7 +1367,6 @@ 2.269 whenever the event of a fully loaded page occurs. 2.270 The script to append the entry to the history is not much more than: 2.271 .DS 2.272 -.CW 2.273 #!/bin/sh 2.274 file=/path/to/uzbl-history 2.275 echo `date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`" $6 $7" >> $file 2.276 @@ -1354,7 +1380,6 @@ 2.277 With error checking and corner case handling removed, 2.278 the script looks like this: 2.279 .DS 2.280 -.CW 2.281 #!/bin/sh 2.282 file=/path/to/uzbl-history 2.283 goto=`tac $file | dmenu | cut -d' ' -f 3` 2.284 @@ -1496,6 +1521,7 @@ 2.285 Final thoughts 2.286 .XS 2.287 .sp .5v 2.288 +.B 2.289 \*(SN Final thoughts 2.290 .XE 2.291 2.292 @@ -1519,7 +1545,17 @@ 2.293 .LP 2.294 Make the right choice! 2.295 2.296 -.nr PI .3i 2.297 + 2.298 +.bp 2.299 +.TL 2.300 +References 2.301 +.LP 2.302 +.XS 2.303 +.sp .5v 2.304 +.B 2.305 +References 2.306 +.XE 2.307 +.ev r 2.308 .rm ]< 2.309 .de ]< 2.310 .LP 2.311 @@ -1528,23 +1564,17 @@ 2.312 \\.. 2.313 .rm FS FE 2.314 .. 2.315 -.ds CH " 2.316 -.bp 2.317 -.rs 2.318 -.sp .3i 2.319 -.TL 2.320 -References 2.321 -.LP 2.322 -.XS 2.323 -.sp .5v 2.324 -References 2.325 -.XE 2.326 -.sp 2v 2.327 .nr PS -1 2.328 .nr VS -1 2.329 .[ 2.330 $LIST$ 2.331 .] 2.332 -.\".wh -1p 2.333 +.nr PS +1 2.334 +.nr VS +1 2.335 +.ev 2.336 + 2.337 .bp 2.338 -.PX 2.339 +.TL 2.340 +Table of Contents 2.341 +.LP 2.342 +.PX no