Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes: > Part of my frustration with these things (gnome things in particular) is > the sparse-to-non-existent documentation,
But Nick, the GUI is everything now. Who needs documentation! ? :-( Anecdote. A big, complex translation system was demonstrated to a few governmental possible buyers, who were taking it a bit from above. At the end of the demo, the technician decided to leave printed copies of the documentation. One of the receiving guy said: "What? You mean that your users actually have to *learn* how to use your system?" Sorry! But am i? I did not even want to resist :-). > that's a fight that's been fought and lost many times - many more times > than it's been won. On the Linux system, I seem just unable to find everything that needs to be changed to prevent Nautilus from ever getting started. In particular, "xdg-open DIRECTORY" required that I patch the program rather setting parameters. It is very possible that I might have done it all wrong, but for me at least, it *is* frustrating. > Enough venting: I've veered off-topic quite a bit here. [...] But I > hope that the discussion, however tangential, is useful. Well, you allowed me to release some steam. Thanks! :-) François