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RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired
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Drew Adams |
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RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired |
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Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:06:45 -0800 |
> If something can be misunderstood, it will be.
> That's the burden of all technical communication.
> The text in question is unnecessarily
> complex and unclear... Try starting with
> simple sentences - that alone will help clear up
> ambiguous references.
>
> Making documentation clear is very important -- just being correct
> is not enough.
>
> Would you like to try rewriting that section to be clearer?
No. I explained what is unclear and how to make it clear. This time, I
prefer to teach how to fish than to dish out the fish & chips. (I don't mean
that I'm teaching you, Richard.)
- doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Drew Adams, 2008/03/04
- Re: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Andreas Schwab, 2008/03/04
- RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Drew Adams, 2008/03/04
- Re: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Andreas Schwab, 2008/03/05
- RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Drew Adams, 2008/03/05
- Re: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Andreas Schwab, 2008/03/05
- RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Drew Adams, 2008/03/05
- Re: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/06
- RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/08
- RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Drew Adams, 2008/03/08
- Re: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/09
- RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired, Drew Adams, 2008/03/09