On 5/20/05, Gerardo Santana Gsmez Garrido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know, maybe it's a matter of uses and costumes but... > > I wonder why people would need printed manuals to actually read them. > > Yes, I know the convenience of having them printed but... not reading > them in the first (or second) step because it's not on paper? :-X > > You can't efficiently search a text or pattern inside document on paper ...
And you can't use the online docs when the damn thing won't boot. In my mind there are two kinds of docs, or at least two scenerios where docs are important: 1) when you're reading the docs to learn how to do something new or remember how to do something you've forgotten, and 2) when you're trying to fix something that's gone horribly wrong, usually as a result of #1. Online docs are fine for #1, but paper certainly has its place when staring down #2. Personally, the first thing I do when messing around with something new and potentially destructive is print up a hard copy of the docs. As for the install procedure, I think it's pretty straight forward where its indented audience is concerned. The upgrade procedure can be a little less friendly, but by the time you get around to upgrading, you've learned to RTFM. --j
