On Sep 5, 4:27 am, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 05/09/2012 00:05, Ben Finney wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Andreas Perstinger <andiper...@gmail.com> writes: > > >> On 04.09.2012 11:34, Paolo wrote: > >>> how do I know if a JTextField has the focus? > >>> thank to all > > >> Look there: > >>http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#forum > > > That is an unhelpful response. You aren't giving anything to help the > > original poster improve their question. Moreover, it is rude and > > dismissive, which doesn't belong in this forum. > > > The “how to ask question the smart way” essay is not a blunt instrument > > for beating people over the head with, and it is brutish to use it that > > way. Instead, please point out *how* the original poster's question can > > be improved. > > It is my opinion that the OP got exactly what they deserved, hence I > entirely disagree with your response.
As a impartial response to what is 'deserved' it is fine. However... If we did not make these dicta as a norm - return unkindness with less unkindness (said in strange terms of cheeks and coats etc) - Do unto others as you would have them etc we would be back in the jungle. In the context of mailing lists/fora hopefully one needs to distinguish new post-ers/members from habitual idiots? And if all this sounds over-Christian see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle Or more in line with python principles, the dilemma http://chrismdp.github.com/2012/02/on-coding-defensively/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list