On 2011-08-17, John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote: > Context is lost when you quote only one level.
Not significantly. > I was not answering a question about my code. I was pointing out > the fact that my questioner's terminology is strange/corrupt. Well, that's the thing. There was a question there, with perfectly valid terminology. >> If you do, it suggests that perhaps one or more of the terms are >> unfamiliar to you? > Yes, even the common term "command line" is foreign to me. I do > some powerful stuff in Windows, without need for a command line. So apparently you *do* know the term. Normally, to say that a term is foreign to you is to say that you have no idea what it means, not that you know what it means but don't use it. > I realize it exists and that some people live by it, but it has > been nearly useless to me. In which case, you're not using a command line, and are using a GUI, and the other poster's question is answered. The Google results you cite to are uninteresting and frankly irrelevant. If someone asks me whether the ornamental fish in my 55-gallon tank is a koi, that Google has no hits for "ornamental fish in your 55-gallon tank is a koi" does not mean that the terminology is "strange" or "corrupt". The terminology was fine. -s -- Copyright 2011, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list