Re: PSD, SMM and USD manuals [was: Re: Shell tutorial added]

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden%schemamania.org@localhost>]

> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:56:51 +0200
> Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps%kth.se@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > >> Finally, I question that anyone will find particularly relevant
> > >> documentation about the NetBSD operating system in the year 2010
> > >> from /usr/src/share/doc/{psd,smm,usd}. That said, kudos to Perry
> > >> E. for updating some of these.
> > > 
> > > I semi-regularly use these documents for reference purposes.
> > 
> > I'm curious: who else uses these?  Can there be a bit of show of
> > hands?

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:09:10 -0400
Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost> wrote:
>
> I can't say I used them regularily, but I was surprised to find those
> there when I started using NetBSD (as they were not installed), and
> read some of those which interested me.  At some point I also fell on
> a partial collection of postscript-converted old BSD documents which
> were also a pleasure to read.

That was my experience, too.  NetBSD is a place to learn,
and /usr/share/doc is one place to do it.  There should be more, not
less, there.  

--jkl