Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 19:25:24 -0400 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net> Cc: kerby@bengali.npl.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quotes Message-ID: <357B2164.9ACEB0EF@aei.ca> References: <199806072035.QAA16837@nwalme.pair.com>
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Dima Dorfman wrote: > > > hi, i have 2 questions... im VERY new to FreeBSD (dont even run it yet, > > waiting on the cd to get here *grin*) and subscribed to learn about it so i > > dont do anything stupid... > > > > first of all, do i post questions to "freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org" or do i > > post them to "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org"??? i think i only subscribed > > to freebsd-newbies, cause a friend told me i should. should i also > > subscribe to freebsd-questions too? im sorry for the stupid question, but > > im new to mailing lists too as u can see :( > > Either one, but only post to one. I think you'll get better replies from > freebsd-questions. > > > > > for the second VERY stupid question, how come on most things unix related i > > see quotes done like ``this" like below??? i mean, can u do regular quotes? > > or is it just 'how its done' for ppl who use freebsd? > > When you use a word proccessor, the quotes are flipped, right? This is > just to symbolize that. It isn't required. Some people do that, some > don't It doesn't matter. > > > > > You need to indent the non-label lines as described in the man page > > and shown in the sample files. ``net'' is being treated as a label > > with no instructions. > > In what? > > > > > sorry for the stupid questions and annoying yall... im just kinda confused > > and dont know if i send to freebsd-newbies if it'll even go anywhere, > > thanks alot > > That's ok. If you don't know where to send it, try freebsd-questions > first. I don't know about freebsd-newbies, but I'm sure that less people > subscribe to it. > > > > > kerby smith :) > > > > Subscribe to questions@freebsd.org and ask questions on it ;-) Dont ask anything on newbies@freebsd.org, the reply to the question will be "ask on questions@freebsd.org". It's more like a chat channel for newbie. The status is not clear. Dont say "sorry" for nothing, because all people would say sorry to each question. It's a place to ask question, so dont think your alone. Cya Malartre -- -------------------------------------- malartre@aei.ca ICQ #4224434 www.aei.ca/~malartre/ FreeBSD-2.2.6 -------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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