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- From: amorgan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Crunchy Frog)
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.195251.2220@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
- References: <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.twuug.com> <MR.92Jul20131539@obelix.boss.fi> <l6rbffINN8hu@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:52:51 GMT
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- In article <l6rbffINN8hu@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
- limes@ouroborous.Eng.Sun.COM (Greg Limes) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.twuug.com>
- > alpha@wyvern.twuug.com (Joe Wright) writes:
- >> Proposed change to 'standard' practice. 'RTFM' is now 'RTM'.
- >> The 'F' does not relate to any known adjective for Manual.
- >> 'Read The Manual' should suffice.
- >
- >When some bonehead calls you up for the third time in an hour asking
- >questions the he can find in Section I of the Unix Programming Manual
- >or (worse) in the READ ME FIRST!!! document, telling him to RTM just
- >does not have enough emotional impact.
-
- Indeed, I sometimes use RTMFM. In extreme cases I even put an A at the end.
-
- C Frog
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