Peter Lairo wrote:
> Go reread my post - you didn't understand what I sayd.
>
> Here, I'll spell it out for you:
>
> 1. I NEVER said text editing would be easy to progream. I just said
> that I thought it would be easy. A simple "No, I'ts quite comlicated
> because..." would have sufficed.
No, it's quite complicated because... (a) there are only 2-3 people
sometimes working on the Editor backend and (b) the html editor is
largely dependent on the layout engine, which has bugs of its own.
--Blake
>
>
> 2. I took justified offense to the cynical and sarcastic and arrogant
> response to my honest inquiry.
>
> 3. Calling me a sheep just proves my point. Swatting away comments by
> regular users is not very "open", is it?
>
> 4. Sheep don't go "moo".
>
> 5. I don't know what RTFM means, but I'm sure it is neither
> respectful, nor constructive.
>
>
> Jon Hall wrote:
>
>> I think your response justifies Blake's post even more (not that it
>> even needs justifying...). You are blindly arguing, and for some odd
>> reason think that using your own ignorance as a weapon will prove
>> your superior reasoning ability? You are one of the sheep, go moo
>> somewhere. Better yet, go RTFM.
>>
>> jon
>>
>> Peter Lairo wrote:
>>
>>> Oh the high and mighty programmers. You remind me of puffed-up
>>> royalty who try to convince the "common people" that only blue
>>> blooded persons could possibly understand the complexities of
>>> running a state.
>>>
>>> Blake, why don't you live in an arab country (or any
>>> monarchy/dictatorship) where there are others who think they are the
>>> only ones capable of making descisions/judgements because they are
>>> "in the know".
>>>
>>> I know that as programmer, you are frequently exposed to criticism -
>>> and that can be frustrating/alienating/etc. I understand. But, there
>>> is no reason for the arrogance and cynicism you are displaying. I
>>> makes you look weak and insecure.
>>>
>>> PS. If making a decent text editor is so hard (as judged by you
>>> sarcastic response to my inquiry), why then are there (and always
>>> have been) a plethora of share-/freeware text editors? It seems that
>>> every beginning programmer starts out with programming a text editor.
>>>
>>>
>>> Blake Ross wrote:
>>>
>>>>> We're accepting patches. Oh, but you're not a programmer. Thanks
>>>>> for judging the difficulty of a programming task, though!
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Blake
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mozilla having problems with text editing really baffles me. I
>>>>> thought text editing would be one of the simples excercises - even
>>>>> DOS 5.1 edit.exe and Windoze 3.1 notepad could do it without any
>>>>> problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Blaming it on screen resolution is just lame.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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