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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:37:32 -0500
From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: "Using cygwin Effectively with Windows" -- Draft of new User's Guide section
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In-Reply-To: <NGBBLLIAMFLGJEOAJCCEMEGFDCAA.garbage_collector@telia.com>; from garbage_collector@telia.com on Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 06:35:27PM +0200

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 06:35:27PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
>   Once again, having "CYGWIN=tty" isn't meaningful when running rxvt.
> here at the end - just to emphasize it.

Got it. 

> Oh... The paragraph about .lnk-files (included below for ref.):
> The sentences "feels" long and winding with many commas (,) - this usually
> tends to make it harder to read and understand.

I was thinking that myself. I split it and the printing paragraph up.
 
> Expected result of rephrasing: Less questions from users.

Isn't that always the goal? :)
Actually, I don't mind good questions that help improve things.

The updated sectioned webpage is now up, just in time for the new month.
It will be at least a couple of weeks before I can get the single HTML file
and PDF on the website, or release an updated cygwin-doc package.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

Keep any additional documentation suggestions on the list, I'll be back
to read them. (Oh, and I *can* read them now. I advise everyone to respect
the sources.redhat.com anti-spam measures.)

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