On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
> > > Read `man term`
> > FYI, "echo `man term`" returns something quite unreadable... Be careful
> > to use the right quotes next time, for newbies' sake. ;-)
> I usually use backquotes to signify that something needs to be run (if I
> don't want to put it on a line by itself, like so
> $ man term
> but you're probably right about it not being newbie-safe (though I would
> doubt that a newbie would have made the connection with the shell's
> backquotes as you did).
Oh, the most dangerous animal of all - an informed newbie... :-D
> > > and get back to us when you've done that.
> > > IOW: YOWTHYWT (how do you expect anyone to answer you if you just say
> > > boo-hoo! it doesn't work!)
> > > rlc
> > > (am I as mean as cgf yet?)
> > Hmm, an aspiring soul, eh? Well, you'd probably qualify as an apprentice.
> > Besides, cgf has mellowed out recently... :-D
> Yeah, I noticed. Do you think it's a lack of coffee, beer, ... ?
> I'm getting worried!
> ;)
> rlc
I think it's the impending release, and the merging in of tons of
changes... Once the pressure is off, he'll be back to his old cheerful
self. Won't you, cgf? ;-)
Igor
P.S. Hey, I'm aspiring too, can't you tell?
P.P.S. BTW, I *love* the subject line of this thread... :-D
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