From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Oliver Scholz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is Emacs on Aqua crippleware or is it just broken? Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 20:41:53 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <39d9c156.0305042200.1639a252@posting.google.com> <39d9c156.0305060558.7cba26d9@posting.google.com> <060520031302215334%ajanta@no.spam> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052247184 24336 80.91.224.249 (6 May 2003 18:53:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:53:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 06 20:53:01 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19D7WB-00067y-00 for ; Tue, 06 May 2003 20:50:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19D7Rx-00044g-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 May 2003 14:46:01 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!area.cu.mi.it!newsfeeder.edisontel.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dialin-145-254-194-156.arcor-ip.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.sys.mac.apps Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-145-254-194-156.arcor-ip.net (145.254.194.156) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1052246586 17907156 145.254.194.156 (16 [87814]) X-Attribution: os X-Face: "HgH2sgK|bfH$; PiOJI6|qUCf.ve<51_Od(%ynHr?=>znn#~#oS>",F%B8&\vus),2AsPYb -n>PgddtGEn}s7kH?7kH{P_~vu?]OvVN^qD(L)>G^gDCl(U9n{:d>'DkilN!_K"eNzjrtI4Ya6;Td% IZGMbJ{lawG+'J>QXPZD&TwWU@^~A}f^zAb[Ru;CT(UA]c& User-Agent: Gnus/5.090019 (Oort Gnus v0.19) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ENRnJfUCiMx47ylRFG692+nrEys= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112854 comp.sys.mac.apps:360675 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9348 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9348 Ajanta writes: > Andrew Choi wrote: > >> So I'll not respond to his questions. People asking for help should >> have basic manners. > > OTOH you may wish to also consider that threads like this are read and > followed not just the original poster but also hundreds or even > thousands of individuals, more if we count those who might access it on > Google. Oh, come on. The first message in this thread was obviously not a request for help but the shout of someone giving voice to his frustration. And it even became worse in his replies. This is rude, to say the least. And that is the benevolent interpretation. The slightly less benevolent interpretation is that it was trolling. Regarding this, he was treated very kindly and very politely so far. > Strong language used on the net is not always a personal attack on > anyone, it is just to get attention in a crowded chaotic place. Just > a thought. Does that actually work somewhere? I don't mean "getting attention", obviously, but does it work to get help somewhere on the net? Oliver -- 17 Floréal an 211 de la Révolution Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité!