Sure, user manuals become out of date.
What people don't get is that manuals are living projects, that need
constant updating. Just like software.
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Perhaps, instead of rewriting the wheel (heh), there could be links
to the already existing documents, and the guide can contain
conventions/commands/extras/etc.
Please don't use links (as in URL's) in manuals unless it is _really_
important. Just to be able to read the link you need to
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 10:40:22AM -0800, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Why not just link to the correct manual (Debian's, BASH's, etc.)
> instead of rewriting it? One of the nice things about the web is you
> can link to it and not have to redo it.
Because as a new user, it's too much to ask me to look
Eric Sandall wrote:
I get tired of finding manuals which duplicate others, but are out of
date. Why not just link to the correct manual (Debian's, BASH's, etc.)
instead of rewriting it? One of the nice things about the web is you can
link to it and not have to redo it.
The User's Guide has l
Derek L Davies said:
> In my mind this is a third type of doc, a "cookbook". I think a
> cookbook is a step-by-step on how to do something when you just want to
> get it done. A "reference manual" is like a dictionary where to go to
> look up details of something you already know something about
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You misunderstood me. I don't know how you see the difference between
> a guide and a manual, but here is how I see it; a guide is a step by
> step document on how to achieve a specific task (ex. installing Debian
> GNU/Hurd), a manual discusses a s
It has my blessing. So please send a patch to whatever section it was
intended to be added to, a small news blurb that can be added to the
What's new section and annoy Marcus a bit...
By the way, the guide was very nicely written.
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> Isn't the installation covered by Neal's guide? And the shell
> covered by the Bash manual? Maybe this could be made into an
> general document about learning about the GNU system, I don't
> think such a guide exists.
That's what it is. It's called a users guide because users sh
I have read through it. Great job; I encourage you to continue.
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--- "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The guide covers installation, the shell, basic *NIX/Hurd commands
>and concepts, PC hardware basics, finding more information, and an
>introduction to the skills a new user will need in order to
>contribute.
>
> Isn't the install
You can still look at it and when you and Wolfgang say it's ok, I
have reason to believe that all the major problems are sorted out
already.
It seems that it duplicates quite a lot that is already answered in
other manuals. Like for example how to install Debian GNU/Hurd, using
Bash, som
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:48:08AM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>2. We'd like to (eventually) have a link to the User's Guide on the
>Introductory Documentation section on the hurd.gnu.org web pages,
>so we're hoping some GNU/Hurd webmaster (Alfred? Wolfgang?) would
>consider taki
The guide covers installation, the shell, basic *NIX/Hurd commands
and concepts, PC hardware basics, finding more information, and an
introduction to the skills a new user will need in order to
contribute.
Isn't the installation covered by Neal's guide? And the shell covered
by the Bas
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