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Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:29:37 -0400
From:	Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>
Organization:	Pentek Corporation
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Subject:	Re: FAQ File
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"Tonni Schmücker" wrote:

> Excuse me ...... before i do something wrong .... I would like to know the
> rules about posting questions here !!!!! do one have to read the FAQ file
> .......before asking ....kindly ,,,,,, and harmless .... I'm sure that
> almost everyone here uses the FAQ as a guideline ..... but for us newbies
> it's easier to communicate with people instead of a large file filled with
> unknown phrases and stuff.

The hardest part of getting started is getting the environment setup so that
info will run.  Once that happens, you can read the FAQ.  Before that, it's
much harder.

Spend some time learning how to use info.  HUGE help.

As a beginner, my biggest problem was learning what KINDS of questions to ask
the FAQ.  If I had to suggest an addition to README, it would be, "FIRST LEARN
HOW TO USE INFO."  The second addition would be, "DO A SEARCH ON WORDS IN YOUR
ERROR MESSAGE."  Or the program you're having problems with.

Once I learned that the question to ask the FAQ was usually found in the error
message, it was easy to learn the answer from the FAQ.  For that little piece
of information, I'd gladly have paid, in the beginning anyway.


Charles
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Charles Krug, Jr.
Application Engineer
Pentek Corp
1 Park Way
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458

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