On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:21:06 +0100 Francis Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
FM> Ted Zlatanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:46:32 +0100 Francis Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> FM> It's sad to see that such notion [killed articles] are left FM> undefined until a late section (SCORING). >> >> To me it was obvious, but I had been using tin for many years when I >> tried Gnus, and in tin the names are similar IIRC. Things like score >> files, threads, and article marks are often assumed to be basic >> knowledge in newsreader manuals. FM> So are you meaning that Gnus is for user that already had an FM> experience with another newsreader ? No, only that the manual assumes some basic knowledge. >> I don't know if the Gnus manuals should remedy that or point to an >> external reference for these terms. FM> Yes definitely. I don't know if the reference should be external or internally contained, though. Any opinions? FM> That said, it's not the only point where I find the documenation FM> obscure or not enough detailed: what's a very wide mail reply for FM> example. I can find ton of such example where you need to dig very FM> deeply the documentation to find such basic things, if the FM> documentation exists at all. OK, we can certainly put together a glossary and use the Texinfo facilities to link terms to their definitions (I don't remember if that's specifically supported but I'm sure something can be arranged). Can you provide a list of terms you personally found challenging? Remember, most readers of the Gnus mailing list and newsgroups are not good test subjects for manual readability :) Thanks Ted _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
