Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.052 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'interpreter': 0.05; 'reason,': 0.07; 'report.': 0.07; 'advice.': 0.09; 'difference,': 0.09; 'subject:question': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; 'lazily': 0.16; 'mean,': 0.16; 'exception': 0.16; ':-)': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'machine': 0.22; '>>>': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'copied': 0.24; 'precise': 0.24; 'fine': 0.24; 'helpful': 0.24; 'cheers,': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'easier': 0.31; 'fedora': 0.31; 'front': 0.32; 'agree': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'subject:Simple': 0.36; 'ubuntu': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'remote': 0.38; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; "couldn't": 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'major': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'entire': 0.61; 'our': 0.64; 'laptop': 0.65; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.67; '20,': 0.68; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.71; 'london,': 0.72; 'us,': 0.73; 'reply- to:addr:gmail.com': 0.80; 'truth': 0.81; 'transfer': 0.82; 'phil': 0.84; 'cast': 0.91; 'snow': 0.91; 'hand,': 0.93; 'hands': 0.96 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent:mime-version :to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4s/s8o29zCfaAYNIcZ1G9cGXWeJfGLiPwAaJop09HlM=; b=UnojHt/sgn1dbbVAiM+E1jZGCGuyzkjq0u54pRwZ/91Jp+ikL0QClzRs8TLaYKoNTW dbiH1N5F8eX9cjbrpBJMpQJW2VvI3Tn/Sm+e6VVwDO2g+bBHkVDYheGKOovxpj8w78g9 R+rTMkrM04XR+tRHf0Q9Z+NXU1sXukgXoY0J6kwKaqb5MeLKFRx8bNF2ke5YFBTmgi9B QlVazX9Y9gj77Me3rUpr66qu++kWJHWeOml4hwXEUWmNq7JUcTdxRpq2+1X+wg6v47ie wZCGDT+IbdT9nh31a8CPv9R+RW2qN83F5IQLRUwK0YeWjCpQuPq0N5Fvgf2KeSwDe6mP ETPQ== X-Received: by 10.180.8.195 with SMTP id t3mr3872392wia.23.1397589369259; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:16:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:16:06 +0100 From: Phil Dobbin Organization: Horse Latitudes Ltd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Simple question References: <534D7807.6050408@gmail.com> <534D7B08.5030909@gmail.com> <534D825B.5020401@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: phildobbin@gmail.com List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 44 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1397589370 news.xs4all.nl 2970 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49349 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:70290 On 15/04/2014 20:07, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> On 15/04/2014 19:41, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> Recommendation: If you don't understand something, keep it there :) >>> You can just copy and paste from the Python interactive interpreter >>> (command line or IDLE) straight into the email; it'll be easier to >>> explain, that way. >>> >>> This is *especially* true of tracebacks. You might not see the >>> difference, but to us, it's often hugely helpful to see the entire >>> exception report. >> >> Good advice. >> >> Truth is I'm writing emails on my laptop & attempting Python on a >> Desktop machine so I lazily copied by eye. My mistake. > > Understandable. I currently am using two consoles (laptop at my right > hand, desktop in front of me), and every now and then I want to copy > and paste across them :) I mean, shared clipboard works just fine > across all my VM guests (and as I type that, Disney's cast is singing > "Be our guest" in my background music), it even works across remote > desktop, but for some reason, swinging my hands 90 degrees doesn't > transfer the clipboard. This strikes me as a major flaw in human > beings. :-) Couldn't agree more. Not enough thought put into that one whoever did it :-) Cheers, Phil... -- currently (ab)using CentOS 6.5, Debian Squeeze & Wheezy, Fedora 19 & 20, OS X Snow Leopard, RHEL 7, Ubuntu Precise & Saucy GnuGPG Key : http://phildobbin.org/publickey.asc Based in London, UK