Date: Fri, 17 May 96 00:04:57 -0400 From: "Francisco Reyes" <freyes@i-2000.com> To: "FreeBSD doc Mailing list" <doc@freebsd.org>, "FreeBSD FAQ Team" <FAQ@freebsd.org> Subject: Suggestion for FAQ pages Message-ID: <199605170406.AAA23743@i-2000.com>
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When I started getting acquainted with FreeBSD I new about virtual consoles because I had seen a work-mate changing virtual consoles in Linux. When I need to increase the number of virtual consoles I tried the FAQ and the handbook. At that point I didn't know that those "screens" where called "consoles" so I spent a long time to find the related information. Today it just HIT me that when I was searching I did try "virtual screen" but found nothing. I went to check FAQ and to my surprise both of the topics related to virtual consoles don't have the word screen. To people familiar with Unix console may be a common term, but for the rest of us we think of screens. I would like to recommend that in the section "how do I access a virtual console" a brief explanation be included of what is a virtual console and include the word "screen" somewhere so someone doing a search will find it. Another possibility is to change the header to "how do I access a virtual console/virtual screen" or something simmilar. Some people familiar with Unix may find it a bit silly that you would include the definition or use the word screen, but the FAQ is not meant primarily for them.
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