on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 06:37:25PM +0100, Martin Emrich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All ! > > When newbies ask something, they are often asked to RTFM...
I consider this acceptable only IITTNTRFMTFR [1] > But where do I find the Information ? Very often, neiter #man foo nor > the contents of the /usr/doc/foo are very helpful. Where is aditional > documentation usually installed ? Or do you know a good > "getting-documentation-howto" ? (maybe even something in german.. > would be nice) Assuming you know a command: $ command --help $ command -help $ man command Rarely: $ info command I ***DESPISE*** info. The pinfo alternative helps somewhat, but the basic concept still sucks. It should be scrapped for a searchable format based on HTML, XHTML, or preferably something like DocBook capable of creating multiple output formats. Local docs would be far more useful with a good search engine _specific to online help_. AFAIK, there's not a good solution to this for Debian, RH used to be somewhat better in this regard. If you don't know the command but have an idea of the problem area concept: $ apropos concept | less # often augmented with a grep filter $ locate concept Google. Surfraw rocks, and rocks harder with w3m: $ google <search term> Ditto: Google groups. I still forget this exists. HOWTOs. I have these installed locally: http://localhost/doc/HOWTO/en-html/ http://localhost/doc/HOWTO/en-html/mini Mailing lists and boards I hang at. Typically debian-user, svlug, and zIWETHEY: http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/board/show?boardid=1 Occasionally some chats and/or MUDs I hang at. Books: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/linux-books.html My mind. Both for knowledge and to extract clues from the information available. Peace. ---------------------------------------- Notes: 1. If it tells the newbie the right fucking manual to fucking read. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free We freed Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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