From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri May 25 7:46:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from motgate2.mot.com (motgate2.mot.com [136.182.1.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3753737B423 for ; Fri, 25 May 2001 07:46:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com) Received: [from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate2.mot.com (motgate2 2.1) with ESMTP id HAA05400 for ; Fri, 25 May 2001 07:46:25 -0700 (MST)] Received: [from il33exm02.wes.mot.com (il33exm02.wes.mot.com [154.56.3.102]) by pobox.mot.com (MOT-pobox 2.0) with ESMTP id HAA27181 for ; Fri, 25 May 2001 07:46:23 -0700 (MST)] Received: by il33exm02.wes.mot.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 09:46:23 -0500 Message-ID: From: Libby Charles-CCL044 To: "Newbies List Freebsd (E-mail)" Cc: "'Fatkulin B. G.'" Subject: RE: FW: mad about questions? newbies list=what? Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:46:20 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a good idea. [CCL044@email.mot.com] There was talk about file formats (Word and etc) I found a good package that converts .doc's to ASCII It's catdoc -0.90.3 It requires tcl-8.2.3 and tk-8.2.3 When I installed it it worked very well. When somebody had sent me files in WORD it was so irritating because I couldn't read it and had to search for another computer. Now I find the solution. For those who has no Word this is a chance. Best Regards. Bulatovich, Russia [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > Sorry Drew, I replied instead of forwarded. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Libby Charles-CCL044 > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 4:48 PM > To: 'Drew Tomlinson' > Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=what? > > > I agree that section should be worded so it is clear this list is for discussion, not questions, Maybe we should do a newbee-questions list. I still feel intimidated and have not posted questions to questions as of yet. There is so much to read that I fear I will not have read something and will get flamed on questions. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: Drew Tomlinson [mailto:drewt@writeme.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:17 PM > To: 'Libby Charles-CCL044'; 'Sue Blake' > Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=what? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Libby > > Charles-CCL044 > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 2:19 PM > > To: 'Sue Blake' > > Cc: 'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG' > > Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=what? > > > > > > It does??? Would you mind letting me know (in private mail if > > you like) > > what book that was, and exactly what words it uses? If people > > really are being told to ask _support_questions_ here, that's a shame. > > It would mean that they would be stepping outside the list charter. > > Keeping within list charters is a condition of using the freebsd > > lists. You should go to the authoritative source, the list charters > > (descriptions) on the freebsd.org web site. > > > > > > The Complete FreeBSD 3rd Edition > > > > Chapter 1: Introduction > > Page 15 > > Paragraph Support > > > > "A good place to start is with the mailing lists > > FreeBSD-newbies and freebsd-questions respectively. To sign > > up sen a mail message to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with the text ..." > > > > I subscribed to this list because of this page as well. I > > just have lurked for a while so I have seen several flamed > > for asking questions, and I know to go to questions when I ask. > > This is correct and I agree that it is somewhat misleading. However, if you > continue reading a few more lines, it states "Please be sure to read the > charters before subscribing or sending mail to any FreeBSD mailing list for > an explanation of which topics are relevant for a given list and what types > of postings are and are not allowed." > > >From what I've seen on the message boards, Greg Lehey is working on a 4th > edition of the book. Maybe this section could be rewritten to be a little > clearer? > > Drew > > > > > > > Charles S. Libby > > Technical Instructor > > iDEN Technical Training > > Motorola > > (847) 576-0617 > > Rom 10:9,10 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message