Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 17:40:13 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, Yana Lehey <yana@lemis.com> Subject: Re: Back to school Message-ID: <19990128174013.37143@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19990128165745.B4819@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 04:57:45PM %2B1030 References: <19990128162246.A4819@freebie.lemis.com> <19990128171124.48589@welearn.com.au> <19990128165745.B4819@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 04:57:45PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Thursday, 28 January 1999 at 17:11:24 +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 04:22:46PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there something wrong with me to think that this is more
> >> complicated than `rm file'?
> >
> > I don't know. You decide :-)
> >
> > * Deleting a file is simple. Left click on the root window and
> > choose xterm.
>
> You should have one open if you're using the machine.
Not necessarily. Depends how it's set up and used.
> This is a more detailled level than that of the original.
Quite so. And your 'rm file' was a different level again. If you want a
realistic comparison, the school example could be expressed at the
level that you used, by saying:
Click on the filename and press the Delete key.
> I can see you're trying to be the devil's advocate here,
Of course :-)
> but it doesn't really fit.
Oh, but it does, it does.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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