Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/09/06/14:41:33
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 02:19:52PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 01:53 PM 9/6/2001, fred AT ontosys DOT com wrote:
>>On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 01:20:25PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>> > To me, it seems somewhat obvious that /usr/doc would have useful
>> > documentation but perhaps we need a (more?) pointer(s) to it to
>> > enforce this notion for everyone?
>>
>>Even though the above is obvious to some, it is _not_ obvious that
>>some packages have their own folders under /usr/doc and others have
>>READMEs in the /usr/doc/Cygwin folder. Perhaps the FAQ could
>>emphasize looking in /usr/doc/Cygwin, not just /usr/doc. The current
>>FAQ doesn't refer to "/usr/doc" at all.
>
>I concede some may not think to look for documentation in the Cygwin
>installation tree at all. Certainly for them, there may be some value
>in having additional pointers to there, although I wonder if it will be
>enough to get everyone to look there (I kind of doubt it). Still,
>there's probably no reason not to try. Anything that promotes self-help
>and more browsing for existing information is a good thing.
I think I have to again point out that people seem to think "FAQ" when
they should be thinking documentation.
However, I would like to see someone take a stab at providing actual words
here.
Isn't anyone interested in performing some community service and updating
cygwin's documentation?
cgf
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