On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:28:17 -0500, "Olin Lathrop" said:

> I'm not talking about CMD for Dummies, but a overview of what CMD can do,
> some insight into how it works, etc.  It's OK to assume someone knows
> what a
> command shell is.  I'm talking about a general description of how CMD
> does
> things within that context.  That's all part of good documentation.  The
> Microsoft CMD info only has specifics, which are hard to find unless you
> know what to ask.  But without a overview, it's hard to know what to ask.

I think it's inevitable since documentation has gone in the direction of
hypertext and away from books.

It would probably be better if the documentation was written in book
style and then fit into hypertext format rather than the other way
around.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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