Rather than ruminate on the woes of open source software, it would be much
more sensible to describe to the list the details of your problems - e.g.
your operating system, what error messages you get, etc.
Then hopefully somebody will be able to help.
On 3/27/07, Heiko Schröder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear list,
vim and LaTeX are genius inventions not only because of their great
functionality, but also because of their splendid documentation. It is
like a
great forest where it is *not* possible to hide any non-documented eggs.
What about the latex-vim suite? :-|
It is said that the suite runs with vim6+. Obviously it is meant vim6.x,
not
version 7.x. I did *exactly* what is said in the installation instructions
on
different machines -- with vim7.0. Exactly with no exception. Nothing
happens.
I know and I appreciate it very much that the suite is work done by free
will. Indeed! And that the members of this list help by their free will.
That
is great, but it does not solve IMHO the general problem. It is clear that
a
software has its development stage. But if something is called stable, it
*must* have a good installation instruction (more important than a user
manual). Otherwise it IS in development.
Especially in this case if the software is aimed to *help* users. Which
users? Those who are lucky to have requirement no. 6.1.1-2 (and not
6.1.1-2.1
where the usage *sometimes* fails)? Sureley not those who celebrate Easter
again, searching for the non documented eggs hidden *between* the lines of
the instructions, meaning perhaps that 7.0 is not 6.+ but obviously 6.++.
And -- if you really think, think right -- we *did* say 6.+ ONLY, nothing
more ;-).
And: *See those lucky people. Can't you imagine, that you DID a mistake?
They
can run it, so everyone *could* run it, if one only uses its brain -- Yes,
you have to think, but think right. Find out WHAT is meant, not what is
NOT
meant or what we mean that it should be clear that it IS not meant.* And
if
you do not succeed read the FAQ (Feigned Annoying Questions -- which have
never been asked) ;-)
Please apologize for coming a bit too steep out of the hedge. But
OpenSource
is by a too great amount of people still regarded as *software for
specialists* -- and that shows IMHO that there is something wrong; but not
about OpenSource! Nobody cares about the free willing work done by the
user
(and it *is* sureley not important). Software *cannot* be free of bugs.
That
is clear.But a suite which sometimes works and sometimes with not hints
what
could be wrong is use-less (in the exact meaning).
Best regards
Heiko Schroeder
--
Heiko Schroeder
Praha, Ceska Republica
http://home.foni.net/~heikos
http://www.od.shuttle.de/evb-1
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