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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:27:38 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Openssh question
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In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010906235513.03b9ca10@imap.local.mscha.com>; from cygwin@mscha.com on Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 12:05:15AM +0200

On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 12:05:15AM +0200, Michael Schaap wrote:
> At 20:40 6-9-2001, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >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.
> 
> Here's some suggested text to insert at the start of 
> http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC23 (Where's the documentation?)
> (I thought about putting links to "file:///usr/doc" and so in there, but 
> the chance of anyone using a Cygwin built browser (Lynx, any others?) are 
> minimal.)
> 
>          If you have installed Cygwin, you can find lots of
>          documentation in /usr/doc/.  Many packages ship
>          with standard documentation, you can find this in a
>          directory /usr/doc/package_name.  In addition, some
>          packages have Cygwin specific instructions in a
>          file /usr/doc/Cygwin/package_name.README.
> 
> Sorry, no patch, but if needed I could make one.  (Let me know if.)
> 
> Another idea (without patch):
> Perhaps setup.exe could create one or two new shortcuts (in Programs/Cygwin 
> Solutions, next to Cygwin Bash Shell) that point to "/usr/doc" and perhaps 
> "/usr/doc/Cygwin"?  They wouldn't be of much use for most of us, but 
> perhaps some beginners will see this before posting to this list.
> 
>   - Michael

Couldn't you checkout the current version of Cygwin from CVS
(http://cygwin.com/cvs.html)?  There are the setup sources
(in subdir winsup/cinstall) and the docs (in subdir winsup/doc).
The FAQs are in most of the *.texinfo files in the doc directory.

If you'd send patches...

Corinna

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