In a message dated: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:50:20 EDT
Derek Martin said:
>Really all I'm looking for is a short, 5 line man page that tells me what
>all the programs do, *INCLUDING* all the programs that you wouldn't
>normally call directly. I just want to know what they do...
That's one of my biggest complaints about them. There are a lot of things I
don't like about either Gnome or KDE, but by far it's the lack of docs. There
are a bunch of great utilities that come with both, but how the hell am I
supposed to know how to use them or *if* I want to use them if I don't know
what they do!!!
For example, Under the Gnome->Applications menu, there are 14 applications
listed. 12 if you don't count the fact that I have Applixware and XEmacs
installed, and they both probably inserted themselves into the menu-bar.
Under the Gnome help system, under Applications, there are a grand total of 2
applications listed, Gnome Time Tracker and Gdict. No mention of:
Gnumeric, AbiWord, Dia, GnomeCal, GnomeCard, Gedit, GXedit, vim,
gnotepad GnomePGP,or emacs.
Now, I can probably figure out what some of these do, but how am I supposed to
figure out how to use them? I always have an xterm open, 'man <command>' used
to do wonders for those who knew how and wanted to RTFM. Unfortunately,
there's no longer and FM to R! Now what am I supposed to tell people who ask
stupid questions? ;)
--
Seeya,
Paul
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"I always explain our company via interpretive dance.
I meet lots of interesting people that way."
Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000
If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
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