Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!s09-10.readnews.com!not-for-mail From: Patrick Scheible Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Self-taught C References: <31563930.2206.1328289840372.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqmo42> <406b297b-eab0-4cd3-81bc-9339a18cb178@hb4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <8ef87352-c927-4704-8f14-91e809e8a789@db5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <1d1858b8-d8ff-4f43-b06a-3bc8a3ca9327@m7g2000vbw.googlegroups.com> <12f86c4d-8431-46a5-a8ae-d27590e3caeb@v2g2000vbx.googlegroups.com> <87ehu352vq.fsf@blp.benpfaff.org> <868vkbpwzh.fsf@zipcon.net> <4F343566.8000707@verizon.net> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:17:50 -0800 Message-ID: <86aa4rd52p.fsf@zipcon.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xXAy1qUyahLVwrM4rz71JQvEcCA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Lines: 29 Organization: The Zip Connection (zipcon.net) NNTP-Posting-Host: 60b92785.news.zipcon.net X-Trace: DXC=3B2>^;4Dm5d6:E6=1M4BbEAS7b;AKGKmPXic2;_A>1gcoFWo=f1gJOkGXac= X-Complaints-To: abuse@zipcon.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c:17006 James Kuyper writes: > On 02/09/2012 03:34 PM, Patrick Scheible wrote: >> blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) writes: >> >>> Malcolm McLean writes: >>> >>>> The problem is that the messages were wrong. In X the server sends a >>>> message "A key was pressed" and the client has to send back a mesage >>>> "please draw the letter X in such and such a font in that window". So >>>> of course the poor user would hammer the key again, then get a row of >>>> xes, then press delete several times, delete the lot, then tap the x >>>> key once, deliberately and smartly, and go for a coffee until he could >>>> type in the next character. >>> >>> I've seen people do that, but I've never understood why. If >>> you're going to type "xerxes", type "xerxes". Don't type "x" and >>> wait for it to appear, then type "e" and wait for it for appear. >>> It's a great way to waste your own time. >> >> Not everyone can touch-type. > > If you can't touch-type, writing code must be a real pain. Writing > documentation must be even worse. You have my sympathies! Your sympathies are misplaced. I touch-type. But people who aren't sure if they typed correctly understandably wait for the echo. -- Patrick