Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 14:16:25 BST From: Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk> To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports suggestion Message-ID: <mE9FD8C3E@longacre.demon.co.uk> References: <199607070624.XAA01726@freefall.freebsd.org>
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owner-questions-digest@freefall.freebsd.org wrote: >> "man xxxxx" is a standard Unix-ism for finding out how to use >> something; Unix programs generally assume that the user knows how to >> use Unix :-) > Is it not in the best intrest of FreeBSD to encurage New users? We all > had/have to start someplace! > A simple 1 line: `See man xxxx(x) for documentation`, would point the > new user in the right direction. xxxx(x) is not always easy to determine > with some packages. pkg_info -f does it - it gives you the packing list, which should include any man pages provided. 0 out of 10 for 'easy for new users', though. -- Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk
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