Re: WHEN WILL THE LIST SERVER BE FIXED?
Re: WHEN WILL THE LIST SERVER BE FIXED?
- Subject: Re: WHEN WILL THE LIST SERVER BE FIXED?
- From: JollyRoger <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:57:22 -0600
on 2/16/2001 1:56 AM, Cal at email@hidden wrote:
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In summary, I invite everyone to treat others as they would want to be
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treated.
I have apologized to Chuq for my actions. Anyone who knows me knows that I
am generally a somewhat patient person (to the best of my abilities, and my
abilities are getting better with time). My initial post was out of
character.
To tell you the truth, I'm sorry I ever started this thread. It's grown
into much more than I ever intended, and things were said and done to Chuq
for which I feel responsible, even though the words did not come from my
mouth.
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> But you imply here that the problem is somehow a
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> "cosmetic" issue -- and that's dead wrong. Especially for new scripters,
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> it's a real functionality issue. For some of us, unmangling is a nuisance;
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> for newcomers, it's often an impossibility.
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Chuq, this turns out to be a fairly accurate statement. Having
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continuation characters appearing as commas, or having them replaced
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with other character sequences, or seeing "watch out for the wrap"
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notes all through a script, etc. causes new scripters a lot of
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trouble when they try to run script fragments that they copy and
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paste from the list.
Agreed. Chuq, will you please consider this in your evaluation of the
priority of this task.
JR