Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 22:46

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In <nevin-0608950350140001@mac-nevin.cs.arizona.edu> nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU (Nevin ":-]" Liber) writes:

>In article <danpop.807226875@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>
>> I did all this switching on the Unix side.  Sorry to disappoint you,
>> but I never read any documentation for elm and pine.  They're menu driven,
>> you know?
>
>What is the *menu option* in elm for setting your .signature?  I looked
>around, and I couldn't find it.
>
>BTW, doing man elm or man pine counts as reading the documentation, as

Never did "man elm" or "man pine".  It wasn't necessary.

>well as if your .elm/elmrc is commented.
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Pushing this idiocy a little bit further: the menus have to be read, too.
Reading the menus counts as reading the documentation.

Dan
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