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Fix platform-specific setup instructions

Open ndporter opened this issue 4 years ago • 1 comments

The setup instructions include the following line:

If it’s not unzipped yet, double-click on it to unzip it. You should end up with a new folder called data.

Double-click to unzip is default behavior on Mac but not Windows (official Windows directions). I assume there's some variability on Linux. Directions should not be platform-specific for lessons designed for multiple platforms.

For consistency with the abbreviated nature of the remainder of the instructions, I suggest changing to:

If it’s not unzipped yet, unzip it. There should now be a folder called data in the r-novice-inflammation folder.

If the remainder of the instructions were more detailed, it might make sense to link to platform-specific instructions for true beginners there (that may not know how to unzip) but in that case, all three platforms would need to be represented.

ndporter avatar Jul 29 '20 21:07 ndporter

Excellent catch! Could you open a PR with the minimal instruction set? I'm reasonably certain handling three platforms for unzipping in this lesson is a bit overkill. Thanks and sorry for my late response

HaoZeke avatar Aug 05 '20 02:08 HaoZeke