On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Etienne B. Roesch<[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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
Touché. > > 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 >> >> > > > > > > -- Jeffrey Horn PhD Student in Economics George Mason University (704) 271-4797 [email protected] [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
