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learn



PURPOSE

Gives Computer Aided Instruction courses.

SYNTAX


         +----------------+
learn ---| +------------+ |---|
         +-| -directory |-+
           | subject    |
           | lesson     |
           +------------+


Note:  This command does not have MBCS support.

DESCRIPTION

The learn command gives Computer Aided Instruction courses and practice in the
use of UNIX, the C Shell, and the Berkeley text editors.  To get started simply
type  learn .  If you have used the learn command before and left your last
session without completing a subject, the program will use information in
$HOME/.learnrc to start you up in the same place you left off.  Your first time
through, learn asks questions to find out what you want to do.  Some questions
may be bypassed by naming a subject and more yet by naming a lesson.  You may
enter the lesson as a number that learn gave you in a previous session.  If you
do not know the lesson number, you may enter the lesson as a word, and learn
will look for the first lesson containing it.  If the lesson is '-,' the learn
command prompts for each lesson; this is useful for debugging.

The subjects presently handled are:

    files
    editor
    vi
    morefiles
    macros
    eqn
    C

There are a few special commands.  The command bye terminates a learn session
and where tells you of your progress, with where m telling you more.  The
command again re-displays the text of the lesson and again lesson lets you
review lesson.  There is no way for learn to tell you the answers it expects in
English.  However, the command hint prints the last part of the lesson script
used to evaluate a response, while hint m prints the whole lesson script.  This



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is useful for debugging lessons and might possibly give you an idea about what
it expects.

The default directory for the script file is /usr/lib/learn.  The directory
option allows the user to exercise the script in a non-standard place.

FILES

/usr/lib/learn    Subtree for all dependent directories and files.
/usr/tmp/pl**     Playpen directories.
$HOME/.learnrc    Startup information.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "csh" and "ex."








































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