Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 18:15:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file://localhost/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980513180151.802A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19980514075238.04044@welearn.com.au>
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On Thu, 14 May 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > From past experience, "SEE ALSO" is there to list a lot of > stuff that is even harder to understand than the current man Well, now you have new experience. ;) > There must be a set of attitudes and behaviours that can improve just > about anyone's use of man pages. I'm starting to think that the act of Yes; persistence and a willingness to experiment. :) A lot of the people here haven't had any formal computer training, and a lot of what they've learned has been from manpages. Persistence and wide reading does pay off. Trust me. :) > solutions would be alternative man pages for newbies that encourage their > correct use and transferrability of skills, or a carefully planned I'm not sure that's a solution. Manpages don't suddenly become easier to read once you've learned some minimum set of knowledge. Manpages are really meant as reference material and are usually ill-suited for use as anything else. The tutorial idea is good, though. Something at a higher level than just "this is how to write a shell script". Find a qualified volunteer to write it, now. [Don't even ask!] -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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