On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 05:28:28PM +0200, szonyi calin wrote:
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> Welcome to *nix
It was hard to write, therefore it should be hard to learn, right? ;-)
This kind of attitude worked for a long time when there weren't
alternatives (at least perceived if not in reality). However, in today's
market, as much as we (I?) sometimes dislike it, the customer deserves
some consideration. Even in free software it helps.
> I think the man page should remain as it is.
> The man page format is standard.
I wish KDE / Gnome and others would include (more) man pages instead of
all the (*&#%$ HTML documentation.
> Man page _is_ a reference. Man page _is not_ a
> tutorial. Will never be.
I agree - However some explantory text/refernce material might be in
order here and there, whether in the man page or as a separate document.
> 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,
Well, since I started this thread let me say that I am not new to
computers, nor am I totally new to *nix -- I use and administer Solaris
every day at work in a decent sized production environment and have done
so for almost 4 years. I'm certainly not a guru (I learn every day), but
not a Unix newbie either... an fvwm newbie, certainly, though!
> I think somebody wrote a tutorial for fvwm.
> Use it.
The only one I've found is a bit thin. What's there is useful enough,
but it's not much (as the author freely admits).
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Received on Mon Aug 26 2002 - 12:51:57 BST