Joshua D Doll wrote:
> Dale wrote:
>> Joshua D Doll wrote:
>>
>>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Paul Hartman
>>>> <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: I completely agree. I
>>>> like the control also.
>>>>
>>>> I only took a *very* small exception to Joshua's statement that a 'new
>>>> user' could read, follow it and understand what it's telling him/her
>>>> to do and then do it and come out with a working machine. I think it's
>>>> true if the new user builds exactly the 3 partition example shown in
>>>> the docs and does *only* the very basic install on a machine that
>>>> doesn't have Windows, etc. However I think that the docs (not the
>>>> software!) could be improved to handle things like dual-boot, either
>>>> another distro or windows, etc. which personally I think 'new users'
>>>> come up against. Issues about stuff like where to put the MBR, why and
>>>> why not to do that sort of thing, requires (or is vastly enhanced) if
>>>> that new user has some knowledge about hard drives, booting, etc.
>>>>
>>>> - Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I 100% agree that the docs can and should cover more. Maybe a
>>> flowchart would be useful?
>>>
>>> --Joshua Doll
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I wish the man pages had more examples. Give me a real world example
>> and I can wrap my poor brain around what it should look like when I do
>> something.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-) :-)
>>
>>
>>
> Man pages are notoriously bad. The gentoo handbook and other official
> docs are great OTOH.
>
> --Joshua Doll
>
Man pages notoriously bad?! Now that's a stance I can hardly understand,
they've always been a godsend in my experience! Just practice using a
command a few times, look through the options and learn it in the period
of ten minutes, and a man page has done its purpose. If this stance is
due to your own inadequate ability to read technical documents, then do
not apply the lacking to anything but your own capacity for comprehension.
