--- Len Philpot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 05:28:28PM +0200, szonyi > calin wrote: > > > > Welcome to *nix > > It was hard to write, therefore it should be hard to > learn, right? ;-) > This kind of attitude worked for a long time when > there weren't > alternatives (at least perceived if not in reality). > However, in today's > market, as much as we (I?) sometimes dislike it, the > customer deserves > some consideration. Even in free software it helps. >
Sorry. I didn't know that people with *nix experience didn't discovered fvwm yet. > > > I think the man page should remain as it is. > > The man page format is standard. > > I wish KDE / Gnome and others would include (more) > man pages instead of > all the (*?%$ HTML documentation. > They try to emulate windoze (with some success :-) ) > > > Man page _is_ a reference. Man page _is not_ a > > tutorial. Will never be. > > I agree - However some explantory text/refernce > material might be in > order here and there, whether in the man page or as > a separate document. > I think a separate document will be better. As someone wrote on this list, the man page is too big allready. > > > 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, > > Well, since I started this thread let me say that I > am not new to > computers, nor am I totally new to *nix -- I use and > administer Solaris > every day at work in a decent sized production > environment and have done > so for almost 4 years. I'm certainly not a guru (I > learn every day), but > not a Unix newbie either... an fvwm newbie, > certainly, though! > Sorry again. :-) Many new users which come from windows don't read documentation so I thought you are one of those. My apologies, but i'm became sick of seeing windoze lusers who can't configure their pc saying that *nix is hard to learn, when the only thing they have read in their life was the label from the OK button in a dialog box. > > > I think somebody wrote a tutorial for fvwm. > > Use it. > > The only one I've found is a bit thin. What's there > is useful enough, > but it's not much (as the author freely admits). > I found the examples distributed with the source a good start. Maybe I'll try to write an extensive tutorial. I'm not an expert but with some help I think I can do it. The main problem are the differences between versions of fvwm 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]
