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- From: murphy@npri6.npri.com (David P. Murphy)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
- Message-ID: <5963@npri6.npri.com>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 15:15:52 GMT
- References: <1992Jul17.202448.19848@wyvern.tw> <1992Jul23.155203.11430@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Jul26.190928.20817@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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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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- >>>alpha@wyvern.twuug.com
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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."
- >>
- >>jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
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- >At which point, of course, you reach up, pull down the appropriate
- >manual, open it up, drop it in front of them and point. They then
- >say, "Oh," and walk away looking sheeplike.
- >
- >mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
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- close, fred, but no cigar. assuming for the sake of argument
- that the information really _is_ in the manual, then the novice
- says "Oh. dammit, why isn't there an INDEX in this manual??"
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- ok
- dpm
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