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Re: /usr/share/doc/Cygwin (Was Re: sending email from Cygwin)
On Jul 15 10:01, you wrote:
> On 14 Jul, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > Yep, that would be a very good idea. In particular, it should point out
> > that the information in the READMEs in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin takes
> > precedence over that in the package READMEs and manpages.
> >
> > Maybe even an FAQ entry like "I've followed directions in the README / man
> > page / info file to the letter, and still can't get the package to work -
> > what gives?" (put in this form, it *is* rather frequently asked). :-)
>
> Can I also suggest that the FAQ's section called "Where can I get more
> information? / Where's the documentation?" would be an excellent place
> to mention that all the per-package readme files are collected together
> in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin? That would be where I'd look first to try to
> discover the info.
Sounds good to me. Joshua, would you mind to pump up the FAQ with an
entry like this?
Corinna
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