On Fri, 16 May 1997, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
> > Just a simple question. What does RTFM mean? I lost my code book.
>
> File: jargon.info, Node: RTFM, Next: RTFS, Prev: RTFB, Up: = R =
>
> :RTFM: /R-T-F-M/ /imp./ [Unix] Acronym for `Read The Fucking
> Manual'. 1. Used by {guru}s to brush off questions they
> consider trivial or annoying. Compare {Don't do that, then!}.
> 2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
> asking out of {randomness}. "No, I can't figure out how to
> interface Unix to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM." Unlike
> sense 1, this use is considered polite. See also {FM},
> {RTFAQ}, {RTFB}, {RTFS}, {RTM}, all of which mutated
> from RTFM, and compare {UTSL}.
>
> More interesting hacker usage can be found in the jargon info file,
> which is in its own debian package. Highly recommended. A lot of
> FAQ-s are found on an ftp-site actually called rtfm.mit.edu. Also
> worth a visit.
This helps, but leads me to wonder: I have an IBM keyboard and it has a
row of keys labeled F1....F12?
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