Hi Jeff,
this is because you post in the HTML format, in which your messages
appears quite nice
-
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.smalltalk.squeak.beginners/1368
But all these mailing lists are run in plain text mode. So perhaps you
switch your mail client to plain text mode, like we all do, and everybody
will be happy :)
/Klaus
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:22:59 +0100, <""Jeff"<hombreviii"@myway.com>> wrote:
I've noticed on the list my mailings don't seem to parse correctly. I
don't know why that is, but I can't blame you for not being tempted to
wade through them. I wouldn't be either. If anyone can tall me how to
solve this, I'd appreciate it.Thanks,Jeff --- On Wed 11/08, lanas <
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:From: lanas [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 8
Nov 2006 07:27:57 -0500Subject: Re: [Newbies] Beginners questionsLe
Lundi 6 Novembre 2006 18:09, Jeff a écrit :> Hello group!I'm hoping
that this beginners list is a good place for a> beginner to get
answers to... well, beginner's questions. And so, with that> in mind,
I'll ask a few questions. But first, experience has taught me that> I
should be a little more clear in what I'm looking for as an answer.>
Imagine a total newbie to computers asked a group of experts the qu
estion> "How do I run a program under windows?". One
member of the group>
decided to respond by handing him a 400 page technical manual on
windows> and telling him that everything he wants to know is in
there. Upon seeing> that the rest of the group decides that his
question has been answered and> sees no need to offer additional
assistance. This newbie's question wasn't> actually answered by the
group, ultimately what they did was say "ask> the manual".
The manual naturally can't hear him so it can't directly> respond to
his question, he has to start searching it. After skimming a> bunch
of pages and not seeing what he's looking for, (or anything he>
understands), he looks in the index. It isn't there. He looks in the
table> of contents to see a chapter called "Getting started
with> windows". Thinking that looks like what he needs, he flips
to it and> it starts out by telling him that the first thing he nee
ds to do is install> windows. Ok, so he looks for this Windows disk.
[snip]For what
it's worth, your message appeared as a large chunck of dense text (worse
than quoted above) without any paragraphs, filling the windows' text
screen like a wall brick.I must be frank and I must say that it was not
tempting to wade through and read it.This being said, no, I can't answer
your question
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