> Provide a trivial on-ramp to Plan9. > Your ideas here (yes, that means you).
One idea i've flirted with, if only for my own use, is to just add some tools - similar to 9front's existing installer - that automate setup tasks for first-time users. Or, at least, man pages that guide through which steps are needed and what they accomplish. e.g. setting up upas is a PITA the first time around: have to figure out where to put TLS certs, keys into factotum / how to keep them there, which can mean figuring out how to set up secstore, have to update the script for sending mail, configure the accounts, ... Once you've done it once, it's easier to do again, but nontrivial. Setting up _multiple_ accounts, even more so. The existing manuals aren't cohesive towards the goal of "read and send mail," so much as they are "this is how upas/fs works, this is how Mail works, this is how factotum works, ..." Recently had to set up upas on my Reform, having not touched the config in 2+ years since doing so on a Thinkpad, and it was much more annoying than it needed to be. A simple draw client that makes reading man pages easier, is included in riostart by default, jumps to intro(1), and adding more useful man pages and links to them from the intro man page, could make a world of difference in terms of accessibility. Anywho, I don't have time to flesh this out now, I probably shouldn't have written this email right now either but gotta procrastinate _somehow_, right? - Noam Preil ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T88b1ba241b319a33-Mfbfc1ed3b27223d34d4ddad2 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
