> I've been thinking about the entire newbie/documentation thing a lot > lately. There has to be a way for newbies to get into the > /usr/doc/*/*gz files before they know about gzip, zcat and zless. And > there has to be a way of saying RTFM without being rude.
I think it's more than simply saying RTFM. For myself, I've found many cases where the FM isn't decipherable. Having seens countless shareware programs from the DOS world I'm constantly amazed at the documentation of unix programs. I don't mean this to knock the programmers, I'm just stating something that many newbies see. Yes, there should be a way to make sure that newbies RTFM. But there also has to be an outlet for newbies to get clarification and answers after pulling their hair out from reading the FM. | Debian GNU/ __ o Regards, | / / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ . | / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / Randy | /____/ /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | ...because lockups are for convicts... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .