Re: diff of the official FAQ
On Saturday 29 December 2007 00:34, Nick Holland wrote: And...just start at chapter 1 and start reading. :) Odds are, you didn't catch it all the first time, even things that didn't change will mean something to you now when it didn't the last time you looked. Exactly. About once a year i go back and reread the entire FAQ. Each time i learn something new and refresh my memory on things i knew but haven't used recently. (I have had people say to me, Hey, you are just looking at the docs, I thought you knew this? I WROTE the docs. Doesn't mean I remember anything more than 'where to look'.) I think knowing how to find information is more useful than having everything memorized without ever needing to look it up. Between work and family and friends i'm expected to varying degrees to support OpenBSD, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and even Windows shudder. I can't remember how to do everything on all those systems. But i can remember how to look up information quickly. Thanks for all your hard work on the documentation. It is one of the things that make OpenBSD much easier to work with than other systems. For most of my questions i don't even bother using a search engine; i just go to the FAQ and more-often-than-not find the answer i wanted. Dan RamaleyDial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540Des Moines IA 50311 USA
Re: diff of the official FAQ
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Chris wrote: I haven't read the FAQ for a while and realize a lot has been changed. Is there any way I could get a diff on the FAQ for the last 1 year and read only the parts that has been changed? Yep use the CVS. -- Antti Harri
Re: diff of the official FAQ
Chris wrote: I haven't read the FAQ for a while and realize a lot has been changed. Is there any way I could get a diff on the FAQ for the last 1 year and read only the parts that has been changed? Thanks for any help. cvs web: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/www/faq/ will let you look at the diff between any two versions of any page. The main page of the FAQ has a recent changes section. And...just start at chapter 1 and start reading. :) Odds are, you didn't catch it all the first time, even things that didn't change will mean something to you now when it didn't the last time you looked. (and while reading, make notes of things you think need to be improved! :) I refer to it all the time, and I *wrote* much of what I'm going back to, so if you never have reason to look, either you have a much better memory than me (entirely possible) or you are missing out on some good stuff, and not just things that changed. (I have had people say to me, Hey, you are just looking at the docs, I thought you knew this? I WROTE the docs. Doesn't mean I remember anything more than 'where to look'.) Nick.
