On Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:41:32 +0200, Arto Astala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Incidentally, there should be no need for generic *nix manuals to be > written for Linux, much less for Debian
Could you expand on that? I've heard RMS say all over the place that GNU needs more quality documentation. > (this of course includes installation manual) :-) Hey, don't I know it. The Installation Manual is full of reduncancy, replication, and extra effort. And it's way to big. I just wish we lived in a world of micro-document sharing where I could grab bits of documents from here and there and put it all together. Anyhow, yes, new users need simple presentations of manuals in single "one-stop" locations. > The whole concept of many manuals is ridiculous and contrary to unix > philosophy: there should be only One True Editor and no other > editors shall be developed. What? I thought the Unix philosophy is many small tools; would that mean, many small manuals? Can you stack them up in a pipeline? > The whole issue is of course moot: users need specific manuals but > writers should write generic ones. When this issue gets resolved > then writing manuals can start. > The above comments are unfair, of course, as were some of yours > earlier. Unfair or not, I wish I understood exactly what your point is here...? -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
