glossary(1)                      DG/UX R4.11                     glossary(1)


NAME
       glossary - definitions of common terms and symbols

SYNOPSIS
       [ help ] glossary [ term ]

DESCRIPTION
       The DG/UX system Help Facility command glossary provides definitions
       of common technical terms and symbols.

       Without an argument, glossary displays a menu screen listing the
       terms and symbols that are currently included in glossary.  A user
       may choose one of the terms, or the user may quit and exit to the
       shell by typing q.  When a term is selected, its definition is
       retrieved and displayed.  By selecting the appropriate menu choice,
       the list of terms and symbols can be redisplayed.

       A term's definition may also be requested directly from shell level
       (as shown above), causing a definition to be retrieved and the list
       of terms and symbols not to be displayed.  Some of the symbols must
       be escaped if requested at shell level in order for the facility to
       understand the symbol.  The following is a table that lists the
       symbols and their escape sequences.

              SYMBOL   SH(1) ESCAPE SEQUENCE
                ""             \"\"
                ''             \'\'
                .               \\.
                []            \\[\\]
                ``             \`\`
                #               \#
                &               \&
                *               \*
                \              \\\\
                |               \|

       When invoking glossary(1) from the csh, the escape sequences are the
       same as in the sh(1) except for the square brackets ([]).  The escape
       sequence for [] is \[\].

       From any screen in the Help Facility, a user may execute a command
       via the shell (sh(1)) by typing a ! and the command to be executed.
       The screen will be redrawn if the command that was executed was
       entered at a first level prompt of the Help facility.  If entered at
       any other prompt level, only the prompt will be redrawn.

       By default, the Help Facility scrolls the data that is presented to
       the user.  If you prefer to have the screen clear before printing the
       data (non-scrolling), set the shell environment variable SCROLL to
       no.  In the Bourne shell, sh, do this by adding the following line to
       your .profile file [see profile(4)]:

       SCROLL=no; export SCROLL

       In the csh, add the following line to your .login file:

       setenv SCROLL no

       If you later decide that you prefer scrolling, set SCROLL to yes.

       Information on each of the Help Facility commands (starter, locate,
       usage, glossary, and help) is located on their respective manual
       pages.

SEE ALSO
       help(1), helpadm(1M), locate(1), csh(1), sh(1), starter(1), usage(1).
       term(5).

NOTES
       If the shell variable TERM (see sh(1)) is not set in the user's
       .profile file or .login, TERM will default to the terminal value type
       450 (a hard-copy terminal).  For a list of valid terminal types,
       refer to term(5).


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