Re: NSTextView
Re: NSTextView
- Subject: Re: NSTextView
- From: Lloyd Sargent <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 21:20:43 -0500
On Saturday, August 25, 2001, at 07:29 PM, Vince DeMarco wrote:
On Saturday, August 25, 2001, at 05:00 pm, Brian Howard wrote:
Yes, Vince, the mojo is there: but I would not have known where to
look two months ago, and maybe Johan is new enough to not have figured
it out,
either. Until Apple provide a COMPREHENSIVE guide to Cocoa, people
on this list need to cut EVERY _lame_ question asked some major
slack! I asked some pretty silly stuff early on, and will probably do
so again, and you know what?: I got several "Go away and stop the
noise" e-mails, mostly on-list although the most hostile were
admittedly private, but just as many, mostly off-list, replies telling
me to ignore the holier-than-thou gurus. If the gurus who think folks
like me and Johan are making too muck noise, then they should support
a Beginners List.
Alot of the engineers at Apple are trying to help. All we really ask
everyone before asking a question is to look at the Mailing list
archive and search there to see if someone has asked the same question.
But if you post a message a vulgar message to the list, it isn't going
to help you getting help.
There are no stupid questions, i think some people are getting upset
because the same questions get asked over and over, since there is a
archive of the list please look at the archive first then post.
In your post if you make it obvious that you've looked at a bunch of
other places i can guarantee that people will be more responsive.
vince
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Okay, let me join the fray.
First, there are not stupid questions. Only stupid answers. The FIRST
stupid answer (above all) is : RTFM. It is a) pointless and b) does
little to inform.
Second, in the time that it takes to type RTFM, those knowledgeable can
point to the right document.
Third, you don't have to answer every single question that pops up. If
it is "stupid" in your opinion, then perhaps you are not the best person
to answer it. I have found recieved many HELPFUL replies to what appear,
at first, to be RTFM questions.
Finally, as someone once pointed out, we were all newbies at one time.
The BEST answers are the ones that inform.
My two cents.
Cheers,
Lloyd
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