Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-26 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 2:43:16 PM, you wrote: It may be in the docs, but not in a form that is readily accessible by a simple search. AW It's an interesting proposition, but not an overnight job, I think g True. How does one get a group together to develop it? --

Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Monday, September 22, 2003, 12:31:31 AM, you wrote: AAW Don't want to rain on your parade, rikona, but 'natural language' AW searches never seemed to give me answers either. It is VERY likely that your natural language search was nothing at all like what I am proposing. Just because

Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread rikona
Hello yankl, Monday, September 22, 2003, 5:51:31 PM, you wrote: y I think my point was not taken properly. I am sorry it probably my y English (it not even my second language more like fourth). You are doing very well, then. y My point was that people should make a research first and then try

Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread rikona
Hello yankl, Monday, September 22, 2003, 7:40:28 PM, you wrote: y The *NIX OS is designed for responsible people, are we agree on y this? One can be VERY responsible and know nothing about the jargon. Many want it as TOOL, not as a hobby/living/etc. The best tools work well, and are very easy

Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread rikona
Hello John, Monday, September 22, 2003, 11:43:33 PM, you wrote: JW In the early NIX world where the folks hacking away on the system JW were C programmers talking to C programmers It is more like: Cpgmrs tlk w cp hkg awy @ t sym. I remember a magazine that used to publish a puzzle each month.

Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 1:24:19 AM, you wrote: AW Any offers? How about a good 'help system'? I'd be willing to contribute. AW It's a challenge, really g Yes, it will certainly be a challenge. :-) How about a help-system list, maybe? -- rikona

Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread rikona
Hello Aron, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 3:25:39 AM, you wrote: AS RTFM OK but the real newbie is having trouble finding TFM Gee - I thought I was the only one with that problem. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread Aron Smith
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 13:49, rikona wrote: Hello Aron, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 3:25:39 AM, you wrote: AS RTFM OK but the real newbie is having trouble finding TFM Gee - I thought I was the only one with that problem. :-) Took me six months to figure out that when a browser opened

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-22 Thread Richard Urwin
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 9:03 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Richard, Sunday, September 21, 2003, 3:03:45 AM, you wrote: RU apropos doesn't work because the man pages call it y. Yep - another part of the problem. M$ help suffers from the same problem, although their overall integration of help is a

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 22:57, rikona wrote: Hello yankl, Sunday, September 21, 2003, 5:36:27 PM, you wrote: y hence the end of my e-mail man -k. Have any one done their home y work? Yes, but it was not very helpful, as I mentioned. y By typing #man -k lilo one can see what command it

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-22 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 03:47, Aron Smith wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 22:57, rikona wrote: Hello yankl, Sunday, September 21, 2003, 5:36:27 PM, you wrote: y hence the end of my e-mail man -k. Have any one done their home y work? Yes, but it was not very helpful, as I mentioned.

Re[2]: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-21 Thread rikona
Hello Richard, Sunday, September 21, 2003, 3:03:45 AM, you wrote: RU On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 8:49 am, Anne Wilson wrote: Yank, man pages are great once you have a bit of experience under the belt. For a true newbie, many ar totally inpenetrable. RU Agreed, but I'm not a newbie and IME, man