Mighty Quiet Here

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 11:11:56 -0700
Collins Richey <erichey2 at attbi.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:33:35 -0500
> dep <dep at linuxandmain.com> wrote:
> 
> > begin  Collins Richey's  quote:
> > 
> > | Yeah, I know I could RTFM, but I usually can't figure out which FM.
> > 
> > i've been after babelfish to add "man page" as a language, but they 
> > say it can't be done, in that *no one* has deciphered man page. there 
> > is hope that a rock will be found containing sanskrit, ancient greek, 
> > and man page, which could prove to be a valuable key.
> > -- 
> 
> Point well taken, but I believe that others may agree that (1) finding
> the appropriate FM (man page) is not always straight forward and (2) the
> occasional man page is about as decipherable as sanskrit.

I really love the onses from gnu info-centric apps that say, effectively,
don't look here, look at info. At least they point you in some direction.

-- 

Roger Oberholtzer
Sunny Stockholm