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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 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.