Re: mouse

["E.L. Meijer (Eric)" <tgakem@sg10.tue.nl>]

> Just a simple question. What does RTFM mean? I lost my code book.

File: jargon.info, Node: RTFM, Next: RTFS, Prev: RTFB, Up: = R =

:RTFM: /R-T-F-M/ /imp./  [Unix] Acronym for `Read The Fucking
   Manual'.  1. Used by {guru}s to brush off questions they
   consider trivial or annoying.  Compare {Don't do that, then!}.
   2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
   asking out of {randomness}.  "No, I can't figure out how to
   interface Unix to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM."  Unlike
   sense 1, this use is considered polite.  See also {FM},
   {RTFAQ}, {RTFB}, {RTFS}, {RTM}, all of which mutated
   from RTFM, and compare {UTSL}.

More interesting hacker usage can be found in the jargon info file,
which is in its own debian package.  Highly recommended.  A lot of
FAQ-s are found on an ftp-site actually called rtfm.mit.edu.  Also
worth a visit.

Eric Meijer

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