Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote:

> Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days
> 
> Quote from man apt-get:
> 
>     remove
>         remove is identical to install except that packages are
> removed
>         instead of installed.


Do you also expect the documentation to define "except", "instead", "is", 
"to" and "the"?

If you don't know what "install" and "remove" means, then you need an 
English dictionary, not a technical manual.



-- 
Steven