On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Tony Mechelynck < [email protected]> wrote:
> > On 31/03/09 11:28, [email protected] wrote: > [...] > > I think this is my cue to leave :) > > > > This topic has been more heavily posted on than anything else by far; > it's > > weaved its way into other topics as well and it has zip to do with Vim > > (posting off topic being far worse than the format of the message IMHO). > > Not only that... this is just my opinion but I think you might need to > > relax about this stuff - just let people post text and be done with it - > > the human brain can handle top/bottom/middle posting without too much > > trouble. :) > > > > I joined this list to learn some sexy Vim bits and pieces after using it > > for 10+ years (Vi for another 5). I got a couple of neat bits of > > information, but that's just a couple of drops in a sea of emails - I > > posted a couple of times to try and be helpful and got personal emails in > > response telling me that I wasn't posting with a "nice format" - ugh, > it's > > like living in a gated community where someone comes by to tell you that > > your red tulips aren't allowed, but yellow ones would be OK. > > > > The hottest topic of conversation is how a post should be formatted, > > meaning that I could be harassed regularly if I don't post the way people > > like. That's just silly :) > > > > I might follow things on the archive if the subjects are clear enough but > > as for staying as a member of the list... just can't be done. > > > > Cheers folks, > > Derek > > I believe it wouldn't have been such a flood if you hadn't been so > adamant in defending top-posting as the only valid format, and later as > the only one available to you, because your (IMHO braindead) device > wastes everyone's bandwidth for the (egotistical) purpose of sparing > bandwidth between your device and its server. > > As someone already said: get a real computer, in Rome do as the Romans, > and you won't be burned at the stake. > > > > Regards, > Tony. Oh, please. Out of 28 posts in this thread, only two have been from Derek. In his first post, he did not defend "top-posting as the only valid format," merely commented that Blackberries didn't allow bottom-posting. In his second post, he pointed out that list traffic over the last week or so has mostly been about the evils of top-posting, with precious little about vim. Please don't twist the facts to suit your agenda. The Roman Empire fell in 476. Metta, Ivan -- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.pauahtun.org/ http://www.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningham.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
