Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:37:33 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Christophe Juniet <cjuniet@entreview.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Message-ID: <20020805143733.A82972@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20020805115103.GA68612@daemon.entreview.com>; from cjuniet@entreview.com on Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 01:51:03PM %2B0200 References: <20020804191139.GA67318@daemon.entreview.com> <20020805121707.B82287@abigail.blackend.org> <20020805115103.GA68612@daemon.entreview.com>
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On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 01:51:03PM +0200, Christophe Juniet wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 12:17:07PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > -Check the names of packages, from a 4.6-STABLE: > > pkg_add -rv linux-netscape6 > > pkg_add -rv AbiWord > > fail. > > I was not sure about these ones. I have a 4.5-RELEASE, a 4.6-STABLE and a > -CURRENT boxes and many package names have changed. What is the Right > Way to do this in the Handbook, should it refer to the last ports tree or > should I put <note>s like I did with Acrobat ? > In fact, you have to be sure people are not going to *spam* a list telling that "pkg_add -r AbiWord from the Handbook" is not working. So you should point them to a working solution: the ports. But maybe the missing packages are going to be available soon... And, while we are on a ports/package problem, what about adding a: Before reading this chapter, you should: Know how to install additional third-party software (Chapter 4). > > Browser section: > > -What about adding a little sentence giving name of light browsers like > > dillo, w3m and links...? > > Well, in fact I tried to focus on a 'new user from a well known OS' point > of view. So I speak basically of existing apps on Windows or MacOS. > Maybe I misread pr/41106 but I don't think a newbie would like to use w3m > instead of Mozilla (despite the fact I often do :) > You are totally right. > > Productivity section: > > -Maybe Koffice has his place in the section, as some apps like gnumeric, > > gnucash... > > I tried not to refer to KDE or GNOME apps since they aim to be complete > desktop. Maybe they deserve their own section ? I don't know on that point. I saw many people using Koffice without using KDE as environment, it's why I thought about Koffice. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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