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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help"
From: |
Miles Bader |
Subject: |
[Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help" |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:22:26 +0900 |
Dustin Sallings <address@hidden> writes:
>> Bullshit. "add-id" is much more clear as to what the command is doing.
>
> I think there's a subtle difference between what a command does and
> what a user is trying to accomplish.
Ids are not a `subtle detail' with arch, they'e something the user
should know about.
"Newbie friendly" docs should eliminate _unnecessary_ distractions, but
they shouldn't be dumbed down to the point of being misleading.
-Miles
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", James Blackwell, 2004/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", Cameron Patrick, 2004/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", James Blackwell, 2004/09/26
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Mark Stosberg, 2004/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", Dustin Sallings, 2004/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", Cameron Patrick, 2004/09/27
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Miles Bader, 2004/09/27
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Anand Kumria, 2004/09/27
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Miles Bader, 2004/09/27
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Dustin Sallings, 2004/09/28
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help",
Miles Bader <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/28
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Miles Bader, 2004/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", James Blackwell, 2004/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Adrian Irving-Beer, 2004/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/28
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- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Miles Bader, 2004/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", James Blackwell, 2004/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Cameron Patrick, 2004/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/28