-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:52:00PM +0000, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > Brian: > > > Documentation dispels ignorance. Dispelling ignorance requires the > > co-operation of the user.
:-) > To recapitulate, the purpose of the list as I understand it is not to > answer practical problems with "read the manual". It defeats the purpose. I think you're being a bit unfair here. Brian has surely done a bit beyond saying "read the manual". He has provided leads to the relevant spots in there. As a user, I'd perhaps wished for a friendlier tone, but hey. And mentioning the docs & reminding people that "yes, folks, it's there, look..." is *helpful*, because it helps people finding things next time. As a case in point, I remember how I felt the first time I had a look at rsync's (or find's) man page. "O $DEITY! So much stuff, I don't find anything". Nowadays I couldn't do without. That's why, when someone pops up here with a thing and I can help at all, I try to say, but also to show *where* in the docs. It's not nitpickery, but helping people help themselves (and ultimately, help others). I see that in Brian's attempts too (Brian: am I reading too much in your mails?) regards - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAljKjY0ACgkQBcgs9XrR2ka0YwCePsom5xVJWG4Uyyh6Vk76s3pQ vEIAnAq67T/cyI7lcM4BZRufauoHjfs9 =K/yG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
