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- From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.155203.11430@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 15:52:03 GMT
- Article-I.D.: newshost.1992Jul23.155203.11430
- References: <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.tw>
- Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov
- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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- In article <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.tw>, alpha@wyvern.twuug.com writes:
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- |> 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.
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- The usual interpretation of the F is an accurate description of the quality
- of most UNIX manuals. The correct response to `RTFM' is "I *did* read it,
- and it didn't answer the question I wanted answered."
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- J. Giles
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