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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help"
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help" |
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Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:44:56 +0900 |
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>>>>> "James" == James Blackwell <address@hidden> writes:
James> Stephen Turnbull
>> Really? Unlike gdb, tla is not normally an interactive
>> program.
James> The way this patch works is:
It's obvious how it works (it's a technique that has been available in
Info for at least a decade) and it is an improvement. However, this
improvement is going to be most useful to people who already have a
pretty good idea of what's in there.
James> I'm not necessarily against a suite of info/man pages as an
James> addition, but we've got to keep the built in help.
Sure. I'm not proposing getting rid of the built-in help, I'm
proposing a second interface, to make it more accessible to people who
want to browse.
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", Aaron Bentley, 2004/09/26
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Mark Stosberg, 2004/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Miles Bader, 2004/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/26
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Miles Bader, 2004/09/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2004/09/29
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Miles Bader, 2004/09/29
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2004/09/30
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Miles Bader, 2004/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", James Blackwell, 2004/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help",
Stephen J. Turnbull <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", James Blackwell, 2004/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Robin Green, 2004/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Adrian Irving-Beer, 2004/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Aaron Bentley, 2004/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help", Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", Zenaan Harkness, 2004/09/26
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "Newbie-ized help", Esben Mose Hansen, 2004/09/26