No, you misunderstood him! He highlighted "everything" indicating that the rule is to everything you can BEFORE reading the manual! i.e. RTFM is a last resort in his opinion because presumably he doesn't always find them helpful (or accurate) himself! You both agree with each other! Celebrate good times!
Exactly. Thanks :-)
I could also have put it this way: Don't resort to RTFM unless you have tried
everything else (since you risk being led astray).
(And just for the record: I was joking. I don't necessarily expect every FM out there to be misleading, and I do tend to read them myself.)
Best regards,
Niels