From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 5 5:40:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EDF537B400 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 05:40:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.50.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A13C043E3B for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 05:40:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/ - 15/04/02) with ESMTP id g75CbYeb083371; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:37:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g75CbXc7083370; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:37:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:37:33 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Christophe Juniet Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Message-ID: <20020805143733.A82972@abigail.blackend.org> References: <20020804191139.GA67318@daemon.entreview.com> <20020805121707.B82287@abigail.blackend.org> <20020805115103.GA68612@daemon.entreview.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020805115103.GA68612@daemon.entreview.com>; from cjuniet@entreview.com on Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 01:51:03PM +0200 X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 01:51:03PM +0200, Christophe Juniet wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 12:17:07PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > -Check the names of packages, from a 4.6-STABLE: > > pkg_add -rv linux-netscape6 > > pkg_add -rv AbiWord > > fail. > > I was not sure about these ones. I have a 4.5-RELEASE, a 4.6-STABLE and a > -CURRENT boxes and many package names have changed. What is the Right > Way to do this in the Handbook, should it refer to the last ports tree or > should I put s like I did with Acrobat ? > In fact, you have to be sure people are not going to *spam* a list telling that "pkg_add -r AbiWord from the Handbook" is not working. So you should point them to a working solution: the ports. But maybe the missing packages are going to be available soon... And, while we are on a ports/package problem, what about adding a: Before reading this chapter, you should: Know how to install additional third-party software (Chapter 4). > > Browser section: > > -What about adding a little sentence giving name of light browsers like > > dillo, w3m and links...? > > Well, in fact I tried to focus on a 'new user from a well known OS' point > of view. So I speak basically of existing apps on Windows or MacOS. > Maybe I misread pr/41106 but I don't think a newbie would like to use w3m > instead of Mozilla (despite the fact I often do :) > You are totally right. > > Productivity section: > > -Maybe Koffice has his place in the section, as some apps like gnumeric, > > gnucash... > > I tried not to refer to KDE or GNOME apps since they aim to be complete > desktop. Maybe they deserve their own section ? I don't know on that point. I saw many people using Koffice without using KDE as environment, it's why I thought about Koffice. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message