From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Program structure of Pstricks, what is its basic structure? Date: 24 Feb 2004 09:39:44 +0100 Organization: Organization?!? Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <42414174.0402221953.24c938a6@posting.google.com> <42414174.0402231604.5a4c2a1a@posting.google.com> <42414174.0402240015.47937b1d@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077612518 2257 80.91.224.253 (24 Feb 2004 08:48:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:48:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 24 09:48:28 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AvYEu-0001kr-00 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:48:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AvYDQ-00074i-Ec for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 03:46:56 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd9509daa.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.lang.postscript,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 59 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9509daa.dip.t-dialin.net (217.80.157.170) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1077611986 52328417 I 217.80.157.170 ([198409]) X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.text.tex:271465 comp.lang.postscript:76677 gnu.emacs.help:121170 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17120 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17120 crashedandburnt1@hotmail.com (Crashedandburnt) writes: > > And Dr Van Zandt made a civilized comment without calling you any > ^^^^^^^^^ I guess you do not understand > the meaning of the word "assinine". > > names. Which is more than can be said for your prior post! If you put quotation marks about a word, you should use the original spelling. Timothy is not illiterate. And he applied that wording to your posting, not to you. And your posting more than deserved that name. > > He has offered documentation which is verifiable: pstricks.doc. > > > > > Although a comment per line of code is not too much,I do not hold > > > your package to this standard. > > > > A comment per line of code is certainly far too much! Any reasonably > > competent programmer doesn't need such handholding; comments are only > > needed for the nob-obvious sections of code. > > If that is the case why is their any traffic for questions, many > times basic questions, on this newsgroup at all???? Do a count of > questions in say 3 week period. There is already a tex book. There are few questions about PStricks here. > That is why I stated it to prevent misunderstanding. Some people > can't take reasonable criticism and mistake it for accusation. There was no reasonable criticism I remember. > But get to the point, circumvent the thorny issues. It is the last > sentence: > > In the coming days, the ability of people to explain the subject of > this thread will itself testify how well it is documented. > > Show me the votes by giving the explanation, or accept the > conclusion that documentation is indeed poor. Uh, the programmer documentation for PStricks is pretty much ok. The user level documentation consists of 4 files documenting an earlier version of it, and 2 files documenting most of the changes since then. This state of affairs is indeed somewhat dissatisfactory, and has been such for several years. It is, however, hardly anything you could _demand_ from the original author. While he probably would be the first pick for commissioning a manual about it, you need not expect that he should be the cheapest one, were he willing to accept the assignment. Why should he, being best qualified? And to expect that he should be compelled to do this for free is ridiculous. Nobody is in a position to demand such a thing, and least of all some foul-mouthed slanderer hiding behind a pseudonym. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum UKTUG FAQ: