[FM Discuss] Who's interested in updating "Introduction to the Command Line"

Mick Chesterman M.Chesterman at mmu.ac.uk
Thu Jun 29 01:59:00 PDT 2017


It's here. http://write.flossmanuals.net/command-line/introduction/
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From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.flossmanuals.net> on behalf of Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>
Sent: 29 June 2017 00:20
To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
Subject: Re: [FM Discuss] Who's interested in updating "Introduction to the Command Line"

On 06/27/2017 08:47 PM, Andy Oram wrote:
> I mentioned this book recently on this list. I think the easiest way to
> move forward would be to put together a list of people with positive
> feelings to this book, who would like to provide input to our plans to
> bring it into the 2010s. Could you respond to me personally if you'd
> like to work on the concept behind the book and the outline?
>
> The book has been highly respected, I think, and an update will make us
> all look good.
>
> The Free Software Foundation sponsored the creation of the original book
> and is very interested in having it updated. So I will be working with
> both FLOSS Manuals and the FSF to get it updated.
>
>


How do I find the original? I might contribute if I think I have
anything to add. There is a lot of documentation out there about the
command line, but most of it tends to be shallow, and simultaneously not
showing much breadth.

Greg
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