From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Apr 1 11:41:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA02821 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:41:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from i3se0101.is.chbs.ciba.com (ns2.ibo.ch [194.191.169.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA02813 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:41:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neal.tillery@cp.Novartis.com) From: neal.tillery@cp.Novartis.com Received: from mailhub by i3se0101.is.chbs.ciba.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/12Mar96-0208PM) id AA28667; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 21:40:55 +0200 Received: from pp-banzai-chbs.cp.chbs (pp-banzai-chbs.cp.chbs [168.246.161.82]) by mta3.is.chbs (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA01485; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 21:41:28 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199804011941.VAA01485@mta3.is.chbs> Received: by pp-banzai-chbs.cp.chbs with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 21:40:48 +0100 To: sue@welearn.com.au Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Did I get dropped from the list? Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:34:28 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I find that man pages that include examples are the most helpful. They can talk about switches and options till they're blue in the face, but it doesn't click for me till I see a few concrete examples of the command at work. Not all man pages I've seen include examples, although I think some have example headings that are blank (I could be wrong, my memory is not as good as it was). For the most part the man pages are a very handy reference, and taken with other materials (books, FAQs, online docs) they help my learning process as a whole. -- Neal Tillery -- neal.tillery@cp.novartis.com > ---------- > From: Sue Blake[SMTP:sue@welearn.com.au] > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 8:48 PM > To: Joey Garcia > Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Did I get dropped from the list? > > > Do you have as much trouble understanding man pages as I do? They make > a bit > of sense once the material is familiar, but for learning how to do > something > new it's pretty hard to work out. You need to be able to take a few > concise > hints and extrapolate from there to discover how to make use of the > info. > > Is that how it seems to you or not? Have you ever seen anything that > helps > people understand and use man pages in general? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message