How to be helpful

[Jeffrey Tooker]

Alan Milnes wrote:
> Gilles Gravier wrote:
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>> Teaching by example is a VERY (if not THE MOST) efficient way to teach.
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> Absolutely - that's why most man pages are useless if you don't know how 
> to run the basic command.  Once you've got the hang of
>
> /usr/sbin/flibbler then the man pages can be very helpful but very few of them will help you if you are really struggling to get the basic command going.
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> Alan
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Alan:

It is a language problem. As a newbie it is one of the reasons I stay on 
this list. As I read various postings the "language" and structure 
starts to make sense. Even the definitions common words are different. 
Take menu as an example.

Jeffrey