On 2012-11-20 10:13 (GMT-0500) Anton Aylward composed:
UNIX and Linux is really really simple, Compared to other systems its is simple and regular. But sometimes people are so used to the irregular, the arcane and cryptic that they have a problem with something as straightforward as Linux.
The MAN pages are an example of this. They are straight forward and undecorated descriptions of the command from a technical POV. This is the command; this is its arguments; this is what the arguments and their parameters do. That's it! No lecture; nothing on why you should or should not use this, philosophy etc etc etc. That's not the purpose of MAN pages.
Unfortunate purpose.
And all to often the answer really is RTFM. The simple answer is that the OP didn't pay attention to what was in the MAN page
I can pay all the attention I want and still not understand. My brain more often than not requires example to bring understanding, meaning or context to terse text. Most man page readings for me are utter failures. I'm sure I'm hardly the only one whose brain is like this.
... or the on-line examples.
Hard to do when the problem is broken GUI. What's needed is a howto command, something to find on disk or construct practical examples based on what's in the man page. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org