Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:14:52 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: ejohnstone@comcast.net Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: please clean up the following documentation Message-ID: <4C102E7C.1020207@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <261597443.1688021276118777030.JavaMail.root@sz0005a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 6/9/10 5:26 PM, ejohnstone@comcast.net wrote: > I have been using FreeBSD for about 5 years, and of course it's wonderful. > And of course the documentation is the best. > And I've contributed to a few forums.freebsd.org postings, as johnedstone. > > This is the first time that I've run across this kind of thing. > At this link, > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/nanobsd/howto.html > > which I was reading because of the recent article in bsdmag.org, I ran across this variable > > echo "bar=topless" > > There is no point in this. > > I am a 57 year old male. > I have daughters. > I would recommend FreeBSD to any of them, if and when they have the interest. > > But, this is pointless, this kind of variable - it appeals to the lowest denominator. I could go on and on, but you don't need me to. Either you will understand, or you will write me off as old-fashion. But, I hope you understand. > > Let's continue to take the high road in FreeBSD, and clean this sort of thing up, whenever we find it. > > Thank you for 'listening'. Please let me know if you do change this. > I have a quick fix attached. Regards, -- Glen Barber [-- Attachment #2 --] --- /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/article.sgml.orig 2010-06-09 20:07:11.677629258 -0400 +++ /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/article.sgml 2010-06-09 20:07:20.676582197 -0400 @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ basic model of custom functions:</para> <programlisting>cust_foo () ( - echo "bar=topless" > \ + echo "bar=foo" > \ ${NANO_WORLDDIR}/etc/foo ) customize_cmd cust_foo</programlisting>help
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