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- From: dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong)
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
- Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 02:10:24 GMT
- Message-ID: <brtkpd.mfg@wang.com>
- Followup-To: alt.flame
- References: <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.twuug.com> <MR.92Jul20131539@obelix.boss.fi> <l6rbffINN8hu@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> <1992Jul22.195251.2220@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- amorgan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Crunchy Frog) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- Would 'A' be correct, or possibly instead, something hyphenated? Are
- we close to venturing outside the bounds of this newsgroup? Perhaps
- some of us are getting "RTFAQA-H" messages? Maybe I will, also?
-
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