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RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: doc string of dired-do-kill-lines, "killing" lines in Dired
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:06:45 -0800

>     If something can be misunderstood, it will be.
>     That's the burden of all technical communication.
>     The text in question is unnecessarily
>     complex and unclear... Try starting with 
>     simple sentences - that alone will help clear up
>     ambiguous references.
> 
> Making documentation clear is very important -- just being correct
> is not enough.
> 
> Would you like to try rewriting that section to be clearer?

No. I explained what is unclear and how to make it clear. This time, I
prefer to teach how to fish than to dish out the fish & chips. (I don't mean
that I'm teaching you, Richard.)





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