On 1/29/2012 12:37 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 25.01.12 21:22, Michael Haberler wrote: >> [this should move to emc-developers, which is why I'm cc'ing there] > It would be a pity if the rest of us were to be excluded. It is a very > interesting discussion, and the "EMC" issue was secretive enough. Doing > the same with possible user syntax improvements seems very unhelpful. >
Erik: There's nothing secretive about "emc-developers". Anyone can subscribe to the list and anyone can peruse its archive of messages. (see the Wiki) Perhaps they would feel less like exclusionary clubs had the two lists been named, say, "emc-usage" and "emc-technical" or "emc-internals" to reflect their topical themes rather than their target audiences. I try to judge which list is more appropriate for any new message I compose. On the other hand, I read and respond to messages regardless of where they show up. The record shows the same to be true for Michael and many others. Hence, deeply technical discussions can break out on the emc-users list as the result of an initial question. Less frequently, questions and ensuing discussions typical of new-user problems pop up on "emc-developers". No harm. No foul. For me a bigger problem is the nature of email. We click "reply" and the subject line is copied over directly. This makes clear what message we are responding to but not what part of the message we are responding to. By the second reply, it isn't even clear which message, the original or one of its replies, is being responded to. Case in point: I am talking about administrative functioning of the email lists in response to a point you raised in your message about "question of gcode parsing." This kind of cloaking happens daily, where the content of a series of replies may wander all over the map while the subject line stays distressingly constant. The real world of information and its classification is considerably messier than the theoretical one. Sigh. Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
