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- From: krobt@mom.nova.com (Robert Klotz)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: User-Only type documentation
- Message-ID: <8HuPwB1w165w@mom.nova.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 14:52:30 CST
- References: <2Z8LwB3w165w@vector0.SAC.CA.US>
- Reply-To: krobt@mom.nova.com (Robert Klotz)
- Organization: Nova Research Inst., Norman, OK, USA
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- jon@vector0.SAC.CA.US (Dazed N. Confused) writes:
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- > dwrage@ddt-archives.athens.oh.us (David William Wrage) writes:
- >
- > > I'm thinking of editing the USER.DOC file, it's just htat I'm too d*mn lazy
- > > really want to do it. any ideas?
- >
- > Uhm. Why do users need to know every command, even the restricted
- > ones? Why not have a little more simplicity..
- >
- > NEW - read new messages
- > RN - like NEW, but one-key only
- > READ - Read messages on current newsgroup
- > POST - Post message on current newsgroup
- > MAIL - read your mail
- > FILES - download section
- > LIST - Recent callers
- > STAT - Your Status (change config, etc)
- >
- >
- > What else do users do, commonly? Not much else.. I don't see
- > much of a reason to document commands more than the above, either.
- > Users aren't stupid. Unless they are. And then what good are they?
- >
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- you had better document BYE or you will have them longer than you ever
- wanted.
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