On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 12:51 PM, Roger Wong wrote:
(was: cdrecord -- anyone try with a Powerbook or external USB/Firewire?)btw, don't overlook the fact that there are tons of linux howtos that also apply to os x apps. there are only really minor diffs between osx and linux on the surface of the commandline...and even less with fink installed programs
I completely agree with your sentiment. I find that most of theBut the man pages and the documentation are not enough to make this an easily useable application for me. It may enough for those who have used it other systems. This is far from the only ported app where I have problems with the documentation but it is one where the OS X differences show up dramatically.
documentation in the UNIX world has been written by programmers for
programmers. I would categorize myself as a power-user and pretty
intelligent when it comes to using the Mac and computers. However, most man
pages are incredibly dense and verbose and just don't make sense to me
because I'm not a programmer.
However, the poor documentation isn't necessarily the fault of the
maintainer--it's the fault of the original developer who wrote the man
pages. The function of a Fink maintainer is to port the app over to OS X.
the cdr-howto works great
-chris zubrzycki
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