Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide

ankitmalik ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Sun Apr 10 10:42:34 UTC 2005


Senectus . Wrote: 
> On Apr 10, 2005 6:08 PM, ankitmalik <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> > 
> > hi
> > 
> > i am completely surprised by this extensive documentation which makes
> > work easier...but I have a small tip!
> > 
> > why not make the task even shorter
> > 
> > I mean why not use a shell script with all these commands and
> whenever
> > a user wants to say install java he just writes
> > 
> > $ ./script.sh java
> > 
> > and then the script hunts the commands for installing java and
> executes
> > them..
> > 
> > this way joe user wont have to copy and paste each line one after
> > one...but only write this
> > 
> > $ ./script.sh clipboard or whatever
> > 
> > and the relevant codeword maybe put on the guide
> > 
> > for eg java for installing java etc...
> > 
> > is this feasible...
> > 
> One reason I can think of is that the current system is a little more
> educational..
> 
> 
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can we have both ways then? one for us and the script one for our
'grandmas'?


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ankitmalik




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