Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-07-02 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Björnke, On Jul 01 2005, at 01:29, Dennis Brown wrote: I would be MORE than happy to segregate my posts into the two different categories. There is a lot of traffic on this list, it would make sense to divide up the traffic into these two areas. There is an Improve Rev list, but only

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-07-01 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Dennis, You are right! I am trying to turn it down four notches. Thanks for the calm post. I just threw your comments on top of a rather large pile (IMO) and after reading your post again, I see that that was not fair to do. Thanks for being on this list and offering your professional and

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread M Young
Hello everyone, I know that I have not yet offered much scripting help etc. to others on this list since I do not feel I know Revolution well enough yet to offer good suggestions, but I would like to comment on a few things that I have seen posted on this list recently in several threads. I

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Jon
Michael: Interesting post: thanks! Jon M Young wrote: Hello everyone, I know that I have not yet offered much scripting help etc. to others on this list since I do not feel I know Revolution well enough yet to offer good suggestions, but I would like to comment on a few things that I

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Dennis Brown
I did not find much in this or any other posts on this subject very helpful compared to the volume of email taken up --except for one point: Helping with scripting questions is what this list should be about. Not everyone wants to debate the shortcomings --some just want advice on how to

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On Jul 01 2005, at 01:29, Dennis Brown wrote: I would be MORE than happy to segregate my posts into the two different categories. There is a lot of traffic on this list, it would make sense to divide up the traffic into these two areas. There is an Improve Rev list, but only rich people are

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Thomas McGrath III
MY, There is the improve list at Revolution where requests and improvements are made. I believe you need to be an Enterprise Owner to sign up for that list. And as far as your comments on everyone else's comments: Most sounded reasonable. I agreed with a few and disagreed with others. But

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Thomas McGrath III
There is the improve list at Revolution. Tom On Jun 30, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: I did not find much in this or any other posts on this subject very helpful compared to the volume of email taken up --except for one point: Helping with scripting questions is what this list

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I am on the Improve list and I am very very very very very very far from rich. That is rather rude of you to say. Tom On Jun 30, 2005, at 7:35 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: On Jul 01 2005, at 01:29, Dennis Brown wrote: I would be MORE than happy to segregate my posts into the two

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
Björnke von Gierke wrote: On Jul 01 2005, at 01:29, Dennis Brown wrote: I would be MORE than happy to segregate my posts into the two different categories. There is a lot of traffic on this list, it would make sense to divide up the traffic into these two areas. There is an Improve Rev

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Dennis Brown
Bjoernke, Thanks for pointing out that there is a list for those who have bought the high end Professional license to discuss improvements. That seems like a reasonable thing to have. At least that explains why I have not been able to elicit much intelligent conversation from the old

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Thomas McGrath III
The problem is that the discussions turned into insults and rude comments and they are still going on. The new traffic on the list is great and the help that this list offers is beyond any list I have ever seen. But when an intelligent discussion falls into rude comments being thrown at the

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Mark Smith
My point was that people on this list - not RunRev themselves - are both more inclined and more able to offer workarounds where necessary than they could possibly be to fix bugs. That is obviously RunRevs job. I think some of the somewhat heated tenor of some posts recently has been partly

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Dennis Brown
Thomas, Please turn your sensitivity knob down two notches and stop stirring up the pot. My comments were not meant to insult or be rude to anyone, and in rereading them, I can't see that they are, but you have labeled them so. You are actually inciting more discussion and rudeness

Re: Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor AND Endless ranting and rude insults AND other points

2005-06-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
M Young wrote: Richard Gaskin Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:53:49 -0700: A lot of people from a wide range of programming backgrounds have learned Rev easily with the help of the folks here. MY: Very true, however I find that the old x-talk hands on this list expect all new Rev users to be programming

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-29 Thread Bob Warren
Dear Tom, With respect, might I suggest that you are ranting about the ranting? I feel a little responsible because I started the thread that heated up the discussion. Also, I was the first to mention 'another language' (VB). But as far as I remember, nobody was doing anything other than

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-29 Thread Dan Friedman
function endlessRanting revUserAction switch revUserAction case Whining put 20 into minutesWasted put 0 into amountLearned put 0 into numFriendsMade break case Ranting put 10 into minutesWasted put 0 into amountLearned put 0 into numFriendsMade break case

Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I for one am getting very annoyed at the constant ranting and raving lately and especially the snide and rude remarks. I try to assume since there are many non-english speaking people or ones with whom english is not their first language on the list that sometimes it might just sound rude but

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I miss Ben. At least he knew that he was rude. Tom On Jun 29, 2005, at 12:26 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: I for one am getting very annoyed at the constant ranting and raving lately and especially the snide and rude remarks. I try to assume since there are many non-english speaking people

RE: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Scott Kane
Thomas, Now maybe I am just having a bad day and maybe not, but I think some of this is going too far. I agree with you. I'm evaluating Rev (and am very pleased so far) and am coming from a Delphi background (since version 1 beta) as well as C++, Clipper etc. I'd much rather be reading

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Richard Gaskin
Thomas McGrath III wrote: I for one am getting very annoyed at the constant ranting and raving lately and especially the snide and rude remarks. I try to assume since there are many non-english speaking people or ones with whom english is not their first language on the list that sometimes it

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Richard, Yeah, I'm laughing now, and I never complain about my food at restaurants since I have heard too many bad stories of what happens to that food before it gets back to me. Thanks for the light hearted take on this. I'm off to bed since the meds don't seem to be working at all.

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Scott, I too would much rather hear about overcoming issues and creative ways of getting things accomplished. I love the fact that people share their hard won victories and share the stacks so I can really learn from them. What a great list to be a part of. Thanks also for pointing out the

RE: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Scott Kane
I too would much rather hear about overcoming issues and creative ways of getting things accomplished. I love the fact that people share their hard won victories and share the stacks so I can really learn from them. What a great list to be a part of. I agree. The Rev community (the

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Judy Perry
Tom, I couldn't agree more! Judy No DOT NOTATION! It SUX... It's hard.to.read.this:total.utter:crap! ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Scott, I will look forward to seeing that stack. If it does take a while, at least I know I'll still be here. Also, ten years seems a good bit of time to be doing this for yourself. I also am keen on the crossplatform prospects. Especially after years of waiting for Supercard to fulfill

Re: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Judy, LOL Thanks Tom On Jun 29, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Judy Perry wrote: No DOT NOTATION! It SUX... It's hard.to.read.this:total.utter:crap! Macintosh PowerBook G-4 OSX 10.3.9, OS 9.2.2, 1.25 GHz, 512MB RAM, Rev 2.6 Advanced Media Group Eagle Works Sculpture Semantic Compaction

RE: Endless ranting and rude insults

2005-06-28 Thread Scott Kane
G'day Tom, I will look forward to seeing that stack. If it does take a while, at least I know I'll still be here. I'm still experimenting - but I think I've come up with a solution (for my needs) using Rev stacks as the dB. Also, ten years seems a good bit of time to be doing this for