[Scribus] Re: IMHO excessive quoting....

frank gaude' tanzen
Thu Jun 2 01:01:02 CEST 2005


Asif Lodhi wrote:

>Hi Bruce,
>
>On 6/1/05, Servants <servants at cotse.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>I agree. Top posting is quite annoying, also. It makes it very hard to 
>>read.
>>
>>Don't top-post:  http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html
>>    
>>
>
>I didn't know about "top" posting so, Sorry!  I , too, "top" posted in
>some of my previous posts!   I simply didn't know and followed a
>pattern practiced by some (perhaps in some of the cases ... I don't
>remember.)
>
>I think folks managing this user-list should also present their views
>on this so that all the list users can reach a common agreement as to
>whether to include the quoted text above or below the post.
>
>Perhaps, someone (preferably from within the team) should post the
>list-netiquette on the wiki to resolve the issue for good.
>
>Thanks
>
All this is good, but I for one think more tolerance for variety is in 
order. Diversity is the order of the day, especially when it comes to 
developing free software. The fewer rules the better.

Frank





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