Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"]

[Robert Koberg]

don't know if you all know this or not but it helps me when I can't find
what I need (which is often) on a particualr site:

at google.com's input field:
__________________________
| site:cvshome.org error messages |    and hit enter
-----------------------------------

site: is a command and so it searches for the keywords at the site specified

You will be amazed at the jewels of wisdom a org/com keeps hidden from it's
users unintentionally...



----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg A. Woods" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as
'root'"]


> [ On Tuesday, July 10, 2001 at 16:40:04 (+0200), Pascal Bourguignon
wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files
as 'root'"]
> >
> > Well, you're not alone having difficulties with the CVS manual. Either
> > a  good number  of CVS  users like  me are  dumb or  indeed  there's a
> > problem with the manual.
>
> I think part of the problem is with this word "read".  It's been quite a
> long time since I sat down and actually read the manual.
>
> I tend to use the 's' key in "info" a lot, and that can result in worse
> side-tracking and unapplicable references than typing "sex" into Google.
>
> I think that if people (including even me!) actually _read_ the manual
> then there would be far less complaint.  Texinfo manuals are, after all,
> generally written in such a way as to lend themselves far more to being
> read than to being used as a reference, and the CVS manual is no
> different in this respect.
>
> I still use (not "read", exactly) the old troff manual sometimes simply
> because it's a better reference despite being effectively deprecated and
> out-of-date.
>
> --
> Greg A. Woods
>
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