Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/07/22/17:46:58
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samuel [mailto:samuel AT socal DOT rr DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 4:42 PM
> To: Cygwin mailing list
> Subject: Documentation improvements
>
>
> I am a newbie but my first message to the mailing list was
> not ignored. What
> does that mean? I don't know.
>
> In my first message I said: "I am new to this mailing list
> and to Cygwin. I
> also have not used Unix for over a decade. I am familiar with
> C and C++ and
> I have been using Visual C++
> since the first version."
>
> I have a web site where I have put things that I hope is
> helpful for others.
> See:
>
> http://www.cpp.atfreeweb.com
>
> I think that many programmers experienced with Windows would
> like to become
> familiar with Linux and other such Unix systems and that many
> of them (like
> me) have not taken the time to dive in. I think CygWin is a
> useful way for
> us to start. I have written something describing what I have
> encountered so
> far and that might help others. I am interested in
> corrections, comments and
> improvements. Any of it that can be useful in the CygWin web
> site can be put
> there.
>
> I have used the "Teal" color for a few things in my web page.
> That color is
> not much different from the green color I use for most of the
> web site. I
> used the slightly different color for things I have questions
> about or that
> are comments that I am especially interested in getting some
> comments about
> from this group. The following are the three installation items:
>
> - the option for specifying the installation directory
> - what the "defaults" are
> - what editor was installed
>
> There are a few things that I am unfamiliar with that are so
> basic that I
> should be able to figure them out myself. I will make more of
> an effort to
> figure them out but if someone wants to help then will help.
> There are other
> things I should be doing so I need to limit the time I spend
> on this. I will
> attempt to revise my web page with answers such as that and
> hopefully it
> will help others that are equally unfamiliar with Unix and CygWin. For
> example, I espected to be able to do "help | more" but "more"
> was not found.
> There also seems to be manual pages but I do not know how to
> look at them. I
> tried using "man" but "man" is not found.
>
>
>
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