--- Imre Vida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 08:29:50PM -0400, Dan Espen > wrote: > > Are you aware that you can start fvwm with no > config file at all, > > press F1 or any mouse button on the root window > and fvwm will > > offer to create a few different configurations > for you? > > yes, it is mentioned in the man > but it appears at line 365 in a very > modest 2 line sentence (context: .fvwm2rc). > it is repeated in a somewhat more extended > version at ~1100 (Built in K&M Bindings). > > while I agree that structurally these are > apropriate locations, i believe not many > newbies can spot and pick up the message > (i personally missed them when first read/ > scanned through the manual. mind you it is > 8000+ lines of heavy text). > > I think it would be helpful to > - to put a "To the Impatient" setion at the very > begining of the man with this info > - mention this also in one of the INSTALL and/or > README files (e.g. README.sysrc). >
Welcome to *nix I think the man page should remain as it is. The man page format is standard. Man page _is_ a reference. Man page _is not_ a tutorial. Will never be. If you are impatient and newbie in the same time the chances of screwing things up are big, so my advice is to start with a configuration file that _works_ and modify it to suit your needs, I think somebody wrote a tutorial for fvwm. Use it. Good luck > > > imre > Calin ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
