Re: Installer online help
That is a good point. The suggestion of dynmically using the busybox help
probably doesn't treat transloations very well, unless busybox wants translated
help.
-David
Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 02:16:48AM +0200 wrote:
> Would it be an English-only file ??
>
> Or is there a way of integrating it in boot-floppies/documentation tree so all
> translators can localize it ?
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:15:16PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > The online help for the installation system is of course quite limited due
> > to space limitations. However, the help that is available isn't really
> > enough for new users who are just being exposed to *nix for the first time.
> > We can't take on the job of *nix education within the installer, but I think
> > a few k would really be a good investment for new users. I'm willing to
> > scrounge a few k from other places if need be...
> >
> > Let's add a new 'help' command (hard linked to man and info) that just does
> >
> > nano-tiny -T15 -v /help.txt
> >
> > My proposed help.txt is attached (it looks best when viewed with the above
> > command). It's around 6500 bytes uncompressed. We might be able to leave out
> > some of the help lines and trim a few bytes, probably there are some
> > commands that new users shouldn't be using anyway. I already left out
> > commands that would seem to be useful or safe only within scripts. OTOH
> > maybe having a syntax prompt is helpful even for experienced people, for
> > infrequently-used system setup commands. This file was compiled from the
> > commands available in the powerpc installer system, probably there are a few
> > others needed for i386 etc.
> >
> > The busybox commands do have a one-line response for --help already, but
> > often times that one line is less than helpful - try cp, mount, and umount
> > for example. It would make more sense to dispense with those, or collect any
> > really valuable information together into one place people can quickly
> > browse thru or search.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Chris Tillman
> > tillman@azstarnet.com
>
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> Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT
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