Re: [LUG]was first e-mail

[jon davey <jondavey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 20 Dec 2002 11:30 am, Rick Timmis wrote:
> Man pages are concise, and expect you to understand the syntax. When I 
> started using Linux, people used to say things like man rpm. I used to 
> reply "What F'ing use it that if I don't understand it , I suppose your 
> going to say man man!"

Today I typed "man man" in a terminal....just to make sure Rick *was* using 
this humurous anecdote to illustrate how intricate and extensive the manual 
pages might >seem< to a new user........

       Somehow I find it reassuring that the manual has a manual, did I say 
reassuring......what I ment to say was surreal.

Happy Aeroplane Filter.
JD

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