Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:04:49 -0700 From: Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: blackend@FreeBSD.org, cjuniet@entreview.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Message-ID: <20020805200449.GF13858@branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net> In-Reply-To: <20020805155938.704848e8.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020804191139.GA67318@daemon.entreview.com> <20020805121707.B82287@abigail.blackend.org> <3D4E8A02.50402@pittgoth.com> <20020805194905.GC13858@branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net> <20020805155938.704848e8.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 05 Aug 2002 at 15:59:38 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:49:05 -0700 Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Aug 2002 at 10:21:54 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > > >Perhaps one thing is missing: the mail applications: sylpheed, > > > >evolution etc... Nowadays people can't think about a computer > > > >without thinking about sending mails :) > > > > > > Using email clients (MUA's) will be its own chapter all togeather, > > > which is already a PR in which I've taken ;) If you wish to help > > > me with it, just let me know and I'll inform you about what needs > > > worked over ;) Thanks! > > > > It probably shouldn't be it's own chapter but a section of the > > "Electronic Mail" chapter. > > This sounds even better, have a section on mail clients and describe > some of the more common ones (mutt, pine, sylpheed) so that users can > get up and running with email fast. Originally, I was thinking about > a text based and a menu based section, which would describe mutt for > text based and sylpheed for menu. Any suggestions? > > Note: I really do not want to get in depth with many clients, it would > become to difficult to maintain. I'd pick 3-5 of the most commonly used of each (GUI and console) and stick with that. I.e., console -- mutt, pine, elm, mail. GUI -- sylpheed, evolution, xfmail, whatever. I think those are probably the most common and would make the section the easiest to maintain. - jim -- jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org> jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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