X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:references:message-id:date:from:reply-to :subject:to:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=War2yAZzUouGc+xn UcOGsjdaKXjnBzZrjJfBFmz6tBfrpuJrvVrKYi5fsdDDIwhKl4jm5DnD/gERBghq JGn4G/ZNjrmReegKd73DZpLP92GxRnXMrimIlu2p28hQFd59s2/nZSnsLjqaE+/T KG6W+qdggJkZZE60ancWOZDIxX0= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:references:message-id:date:from:reply-to :subject:to:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=oPgUr17ocuNTP0e7G3tEbd zG0OE=; b=SD6x/WXu/MqnzXcwqNFkVaMdOXpf0Kqq2iUsR1hz6NZQySVX2OsGX3 NZxF9OMNXSUXjoN70gZPaoY3GNQPUI61yEQP9P5s6jZLbxzvaZ0iHw6CeR4ResOE VDBHG45wnEOCHNrp6pJX327iISQ2b0SUNyqGnof2RRG77pIuwpkz4= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: nm32-vm1.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com References: <1388523397 DOT 38131 DOT YahooMailNeo AT web162702 DOT mail DOT bf1 DOT yahoo DOT com> <20131231212051 DOT GB4460 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <1388528041 DOT 29965 DOT YahooMailNeo AT web162706 DOT mail DOT bf1 DOT yahoo DOT com> <52C3431B DOT 7030505 AT cs DOT umass DOT edu> Message-ID: <1388528769.83627.YahooMailNeo@web162703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:26:09 -0800 (PST) From: Jonathan Martin Reply-To: Jonathan Martin Subject: Re: Ok, then To: "moss AT cs DOT umass DOT edu" , "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" In-Reply-To: <52C3431B.7030505@cs.umass.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id rBVMQMpr017168 FANTASTIC! On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 5:20 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: My suggestion would be to take a look at some of the many books that try to introduce Unix and bash to new users and see how they have approached a good / logical order of presentation. cygwin itself is perhaps more directed at experienced users -- or in any case, it is making no particular attempt to be easier for novices to use than Unix is, or to provide special support for Unix novices.  But that does not preclude someone (you) from making such a thing and perhaps getting it adopted into the distro (I don't control that!). Perhaps similar efforts have been made for linux, which might give a starting point? Regards -- EM -- Problem reports:      http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:                  http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:        http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple