Hi all,
This is all very interesting, but as I am new on the list, I am not sure what you mean by top/bottom posting. Can I ask for a quick explanation? Thanks much! ~e Le 2 sept. 09 à 14:14, björn a écrit : > > 2009/9/2 John Beckett: >> >> While I'm ranting on mailing list management issues, does anyone >> want to offer an opinion about top/bottom posting? >> >> On vim_use, I regularly post a slightly friendly reminder to >> top-posters that bottom posting is the convention: >> http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/web/vim-information >> >> I notice that top posters are becoming more prevalent in >> vim_mac. While I have no concern about how vim_mac runs, it >> occurs to me that some of the regulars here might want to >> express an opinion. > > Hi John, > > I for one would appreciate your friendly reminders (indeed, I try to > nudge people every now and then myself). This top posting business > certainly makes my life harder and my hope was that since I respond to > most MacVim issues people would respect my wishes, but I am guessing > that most people simply are not aware of the rules/guidelines on this > list (since they are nowhere clearly stated...although in my > experience not many people read such things anyway...ah well). > > Anyway, I'll certainly keep responding to posts no matter what the > poster's posting style. It does help me a lot though if people > clearly state what it is they are responding to and those who top-post > seldom do. Obviously this is only a problem on longer threads, so a > quick top-post to a tiny thread with only one specific issue is not a > big deal to me. > > Björn > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
