Re: Read 20 lines when pressing n for next

Uri Guttman wrote:
Gordon Etly <get@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

....

Uri Guttman wrote:
So what? Point me ot a rule that says every question has to be a
"technical" one or sod off. Anyone can comment on someone else post,
which you invite by posting in the first place. If you can't handle
it, don't post.

hmm. see the guidelines. this group is about discussing perl, not the
posters.

Seems you need to swallow your own advice, as you are the one who keeps
trying ot makes things personal.


By posting you invite comments, if you can't handle it, then don't
post. And would you care to tell me how making a point about
something found in the documentation of Perl to be off topic in a
Perl news group?

because the answer is already there (and shown many times) and flaming
about it ad nauseum does no one but you any good.

I haven't flamed anyone. I made comments. You came after me, like you
are here, rather than address the points.


huh?? wrapping issues? you must use some strange usenet reader. emacs
has no problems here. nor do i. try another useless offtopic.

Like I said, the only time, whine I smack "reply", that I see the
wrapping (after 3 levels of quoting) to be quite off. Most anyone else I
reply to doesn't yield such a result. What are your max character cut
offs set to for quoting? Mine is set to 72. It seem, after going over
your lines you are set to 74. Over the years I've most commonly seen 72
(and sometimes 76) as the recommended cut off. Especially in technical
groups.

Albeit the fact that 72 and 76 cause no problems for about a dozen quote
levels and 74 becomes a mess after 3 levels may be a deficiency in the
quoting mechanism in my reader. I suspect this is because of the leading
white space in the lines you quote. This would appear to be an uncommon
practice and apparently some readers don't deal with that too well. If
you could, please don't include leading white space in quoted lines.


i have nothing to prove to you. you have tons to prove here.

As I have nothing to prove to you, yet you insist on coming after me
as if I and others do.

you do have something to prove

Sorry, but no I do not. No one does. Not in order to post a comment.
I've been programming, administrating (UNIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows,
etc), and such for a long time, I've dealt with your type countless
times - the supposed veteran of a forum or news group who thinks they
can push people around for what ever reason because they believe they
have earned the right to do so. Sorry, but I don't care if you've been
around for just 20 minutes or 20 years, unacceptable behavior and same
rules should apply to everyone, not just what you might consider to be a
lower cast denizen.

such as actual skill in helping others

I'll tell you what, learn to use your shift key properly, and I'll shift
around some time to help people out in this group. I don't really have a
problem taking time off from one forum, that I regularly help in, to
contribute help to another, but as I already told you before, it's
ludicrous to expect one to be a regular helper in every single group
they go to all the time, as there are only so many hours in the day and
for many who also work there are only so many out of the remaining hours
one can spend on forums, news groups, and mailing lists, so that does
necessitate being selective.


--
G.Etly


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