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Distributing a ReadMe File in PDF
Richard Person ric...@ix.netcom.com comp os os2 networking www In message <4tvgm5$...@draco.bison.mb.ca> - j...@draco.bison.mb.ca (Jim Jaworski)3 Aug 1996 07:28:53 -0500 writes: Tom Schiebel (twsc...@acadcomp.cmp.ilstu.edu) wrote: When using WebX in ftp mode I often click on a README file and get the message,

Getting WebX to display README files
Readme files are not the place for marketing material - stick a brochure in the box at the last minute instead. Untested solutions - the programmers are SURE it will work, but no one has actually tried it. Put it on your web site when you have tested it, but don't put it in the readme. I've written a few readme

README files
giffu...@asme.org mpc lists freebsd ports muc lists freebsd ports Number: 6478 Category: ports Synopsis: Installation misses header file in rexx-imc for file in README README.avail README.bugreport README.docs README.files README.make README.news README.versions rexx.info rexx.ref rexx.summary rexx.tech;

ReadMe files, License agreements
EDU bit listserv techwr-l Hi Kathleen, If the instructions are not lengthy, I'd probably keep them in one readme file. That way I wouldn't have to worry about whether the right readme file is shipped along with the right version of the program. Also, if some parts of the installation instructions are the same,

Case sensitive file names was Re: SOLARIS RULES, LINUX SUCKS!!!!
I am considering distributing a "readme" file in PDF format. I would like to have the file show up as an icon in a default (predetermined) program group in Windows when the user loads our software. (For example, when I loaded Acrobat, the readme files for Acrobat Exchange and Acrobat Distiller automatically showed

SUBMISSION: Macintosh file conversion utilities
In the future, new application releases will be announced individually, and this README.first file will be silently updated at anonymous FTP on sonygate.Sony. Z # this produces <file>.tar % tar xvf <file>.tar # this unpacks the tar file % rm <file>.tar # when you no longer need it Read the README files that may

readme files for different operating systems
B.shuttle.de debian mentors On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Joey Hess wrote: Jochen Voss wrote: I have a question about debhelper: I try to pack a package which has multiple README files, scattered over several sub-directories. README foo/README bar/README My plan is to install them in the doc directory as doc/README

Downloading README files
Go into the new/ directory and get the readme file. But I've just tried that and wuarchive is not available, and cdrom doesn't seem to have the readme These short (40 characters) descriptions come from the .readme files uploaded along with the binaries. Whenever you upload something, create .readme file for it.

LLNLDistribution 6 and NumPy-16.exe available
Ron Kilmartin ronkilmar...@home.com autodesk autocadmap general Trying to read hypertext "readme" files is exaperating and gives me an ill feeling. This is carrying the windows motif to the extreme and is certainly unwarranted. Has anyone got simple old fashioned DOS text files for the readme files fitting in a

Minor Gotcha in README.html files in ports
Here are quoted parts of my original, first issue Windows95 disk, from the Readme.txt file located in the root directory of the CD. This file also contains last-minute information received too late to include in the other readme files. For example, if you have a question about a printer, it would be helpful to

ReadMe files
ORG fa freebsd questions On 05-Mar-00 Doug Young wrote: Who is responsible for the ReadMe files on the FreeBSD FTP site?? My reason for asking is a problem I had that could have easily been avoided with a couple extra lines of explanation in a particular ReadMe. I'm aware of a number of associates who have

AmiNet-Upload-Instruktionen
Certainly, a README file is indeed a classic technical writer's task. It should be part of the documentation design of any product, from the inception of the product (meaning predesign phase), and should therefore fit into the overall scheme of the documentation. The only person/group qualified to determine what

plperlng - plperlng: updated README files for latest CP code drop
Mark H. Ebell, MD, MS eb...@pilot.msu.edu comp sys newton programmer comp sys newton misc If you download the entire set of sample files (for Windows) you will get two readme files. Also, see the before script in the main layout of each sample, that sometimes explains things. Finally, the titles are usually pretty

html readme file
So I downloaded it (being grateful that I'm not on a modem connection), unpacked it, and took a look at the README file. Rather than explaining what the package is for, the README file contained installation instructions, which clearly assumed that the reader already knows what radius is.

Downloading README files
Does anybody have a copy of the readme file that is supposed to accompany the FTP.UCD? It's mentioned in the help file but isn't part of my installation. Likewise there's a "Transferring files over the Internet" show me mentioned on the website but that's not there either. What I'm after is documentation - in

Bug#127099: marked as done (Duplicate README files with different ...
I suspect -- but have no data -- that the same can be said for the READ.ME files that accompany most software releases. Obviously, this is much dependent upon your target audience; I know I'm atypical any way you slice it: From a techie point of view, I'm weird because almost always give the docs a quick look

readme files and the like
User Andrewd andr...@pgfoundry.org comp databases postgresql committers Log Message: ----------- updated README files for latest CP code drop Modified Files: -------------- plperlng: README.SPI_interface (r1.2 -> r1.3) (http://cvs.pgfoundry.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/plperlng/plperlng/README.

Minor Gotcha in README.html files in ports
EDU writes: The ability to read a README file online is COMPLETELY dependant on which companies version of TCP/IP your system is running, for example: Here in St. Cloud on our VAX8550 (VMS) we are able to simply type: TYPE README this allows us to dump the file to the screen, yet when I go over to our VAX 11/785

Posting to AmiNET
Our current solution is to provide release notes (more detailed than readme files) for only those bugs which were reported by clients. Saves us from having to write descriptions of three times as many, since we tend to find most of them ourselves. (We have a stellar QA department, and I work directly with them,

ReadMe files
Jim Jaworski j...@draco.bison.mb.ca comp os os2 networking www Tom Schiebel (twsc...@acadcomp.cmp.ilstu.edu) wrote: When using WebX in ftp mode I often click on a README file and get the message, "There is no viewer registered for this type of file. Would you like to copy the file to your local disk?" If I click OK,