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Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work?

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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> wrote:
> [over a hundred quoted lines snipped]
> And if you look at the above in gmail, you can see the ...'s that when
> not clicked, won't show some of the responses I leave just above, and
> it clips my signature line as well.

That's a Gmail feature, and a sop to people who can't take a moment to
trim quoted text. Taking your above post as an example, there were
(according to my calculation) 111 lines of text that had already been
sent, being _re_sent in your post.

Not everyone uses Gmail. And not everyone runs off 100Mbit internet
connections. And even if everyone were to use Gmail off 100Mbit
internet connections, I would still recommend trimming the text,
because Gmail gives you precisely two options: all the way collapsed,
or all the way expanded. If I want to read more context, I get _all_
the context. That's still not all that useful.

Right while you make a post is the best time to decide how much
context is needed. Spend just a few seconds thinking about how much to
trim, and you can make things easier for everyone who reads your post,
whether it be on python-list, comp.lang.python, or one of several
web-accessible archives. And remember, this is for posterity, so be
honest. How do you feel? Interesting...

ChrisA

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pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Jayden <jayden.shui@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 21:02 -0700
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Marco Nawijn <nawijn@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 21:42 -0700
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 07:41 +0100
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 08:37 +0100
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 04:12 -0400
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? jelle <jelleferinga@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 08:12 -0700
    Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Jayden <jayden.shui@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 10:03 -0700
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-12 16:58 -0400
  RE: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-09-13 23:26 +0000
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-13 21:11 -0400
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-13 21:14 -0400
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-13 22:55 -0400
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 17:30 +1000
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 03:49 -0400
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 18:15 +1000
  RE: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-09-14 22:51 +0000
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 23:47 -0400
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-15 13:53 +1000
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-15 00:40 -0400
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-09-15 18:26 +0100
  Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 02:44 -0400
  BDFL Rossenbom, was Re: pythonOCC examples doesn't work? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-09-17 09:24 +0200

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