--- Imre Vida <Imre.Vida_at_anat.uni-freiburg.de> a
écrit : > On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 08:29:50PM -0400,
Dan Espen
> wrote:
> > Are you aware that you can start fvwm with no
> config file at all,
> > press F1 or any mouse button on the root window
> and fvwm will
> > offer to create a few different configurations
> for you?
>
> yes, it is mentioned in the man
> but it appears at line 365 in a very
> modest 2 line sentence (context: .fvwm2rc).
> it is repeated in a somewhat more extended
> version at ~1100 (Built in K&M Bindings).
>
> while I agree that structurally these are
> apropriate locations, i believe not many
> newbies can spot and pick up the message
> (i personally missed them when first read/
> scanned through the manual. mind you it is
> 8000+ lines of heavy text).
>
> I think it would be helpful to
> - to put a "To the Impatient" setion at the very
> begining of the man with this info
> - mention this also in one of the INSTALL and/or
> README files (e.g. README.sysrc).
>
Welcome to *nix
I think the man page should remain as it is.
The man page format is standard.
Man page _is_ a reference. Man page _is not_ a
tutorial. Will never be.
If you are impatient and newbie in the same time
the chances of screwing things up are big, so
my advice is to start with a configuration file
that _works_ and modify it to suit your needs,
I think somebody wrote a tutorial for fvwm.
Use it.
Good luck
>
>
> imre
>
Calin
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Received on Mon Aug 26 2002 - 10:29:26 BST