[MPlayer-DOCS] README file

Guillaume POIRIER poirierg at gmail.com
Fri Sep 16 10:09:12 CEST 2005


Hi,

On 9/16/05, The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:
> (Quotes re-ordered for my sanity's sake...)
> 
> Denis Casserly wrote:
> 
> > On September 15, 2005 04:42 pm, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 07:57:45AM -0400, Denis Casserly wrote:
> >>
> >>> On September 13, 2005 06:40 am, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 06:20:48AM -0400, Denis Casserly wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> in section 1.2 of the installation docs the first line reads:
> >>>>> 'A quick installation guide can be found in the README
> >>>>> file'. I tried, but I cannot locate the README file, would
> >>>>> you please tell me where it is.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/README
> >>>>
> >>>> or just the README file in the root of the source directory.
> >>>> Where did you look for the file?
> >>>
> >>> I was looking for the README and thought it was somewhere on the
> >>> webpage and couldn't find it. I wanted to know more about sys
> >>> requirements and installation issues. From what I gather, I have
> >>> to unpack the tarball first to get to the README - is that
> >>> correct?
> >>
> >> The README file is available on the web.. Where did you look?
> >>
> >> Diego
> >>
> >> P.S.: Please don't top-post.
> >
> > I think I was looking in the Installation section, can't remember.
> > Please send the URL if it's handy,
> 
> A), as he requested, please don't top-post.
> 
> B). he already *did* give you the URL, and it's right there in the quote
> (not snipped for that reason). Most likely you'd have noticed it
> yourself if you had been quoting properly, since that does make it both
> easier and more natural to re-read previous posts while writing your
> own.

He has been given the URL 2 times actually, one by me (pointer to the
CVS), and another time by Diego.

More that ever, I'll happily quote Dominik Mierzejewski, one of the
great man of the 21st century:
-- 
Reading doesn't hurt, really!
  -- Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski




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