Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: tint2 keeps crashing Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:36:12 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <87v8a515hg.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <87zfzglr8j.fsf@lenovo.lan> <20231114120846.7503cf14@archie.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9d9ad2fb3c11fe5b2fc8ff74a43ca15e"; logging-data="2959387"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/dKH0L/tK35vM/MgRtcGnR4st/bP5vqNA=" User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:sIrPv724YBo3/vV5YTEgU15A6FM= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:44455 Groovy hepcat vamastah was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:08 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it. > btw, is it better to quote the original message or not? im quite > confused when i read netiequette and see the actual customs. Quoting can help people understand what you're talking about. Threads aren't always so clearly defined. For example, sometimes due to glitches or whatever, news posts go missing or wind up in the wrong order. And someone may miss the post you're responding to if the person who sent it is in the reader's killfile. Then that person won't know what you're refering to. And even when it's clear what you're following up to, the exact context of the reply may be unclear. Posting without quoting, especially in a long or complex thread, can lead to misunderstanding. But posting your comments after those to which they apply will usually aid understanding, even if the original post is MIA. Also, if you have multiple points to make in response to multiple points in the quoted text, then separate the quoted text into smaller portions based on those points, and follow each with your relevant comments. Of course, there is such a thing as too much. So if the quoted text is long or mostly irrelevant, cut out the cruft to make things clearer and easier to read. It is also a good idea sometimes to include an indication that you've done so, usually by putting the word "Snip" in square brackets in place of the removed text. This is a common Usenet idiom. -- ----- Dig the NEW and IMPROVED news sig!! ----- -------------- Shaggy was here! --------------- Ain't I'm a dawg!!