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Re: managing buttons

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On 12/10/2013 03:55 AM, Evertjan. wrote:
> Norman Peelman wrote on 10 dec 2013 in comp.lang.javascript:
>
>> On 12/09/2013 03:34 PM, Evertjan. wrote:
>>> Une Bévue wrote on 09 dec 2013 in comp.lang.javascript:
>>>
>>>> Le 08/12/13 17:34, Evertjan. a écrit :
>>>
>>>>> except that an id should start with a letter,
>>>>> and cannot contain a +.
>>>
>>>> in fact, it was a "symbolic" way to represent things.
>>>> for example, the id of of button "+" is add_category|add_item.
>>>
>>> What as lame defence. Why not just say "sorry"?
>>>
>>> To me it seems simply an error made either by incompetence or
>>> lazyness.
>>>
>>>>>> obj = document.getElementByID(button)
>>> [...]
>>>>>> ButtonsDisable(array("+","-","E"))
>>>
>>> This does not look like "symbolic" script.
>>>
>>
>>     Again, "off the cuff code...", "needs tweaking...". All you've
>> managed to do is tell the OP what he obviously already knew. I assumed
>> the OP would substitute their id/names appropriately and they did.
>
> It seems you are rather mistaken about Usenet NGs, Norman.
>
> This is not a helpdesk, though helping an OP is not forbidden or
> anything and could even be quite a nice move, instead this group is a
> discussion group, where the discussions form a hopefully valuable source
> of learning for others, like newbees, for now and some years to come.
>
> So irrespecably if the OP "obviously already knew" in the responder's
> view, responses with errors in examples should not be made or duefully
> corrected, [OR the responder could choose to answer the OP by private
> mail].
>
> Evertjan.
>

   Then maybe that's what you should have said to begin with... I'll 
keep that in mind.


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Norman
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managing buttons Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2013-12-08 11:54 +0100
  Re: managing buttons Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-12-08 08:10 -0500
    Re: managing buttons Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2013-12-08 15:03 +0100
    Re: managing buttons "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2013-12-08 16:34 +0000
      Re: managing buttons Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-12-08 20:12 +0000
      Re: managing buttons Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-12-08 17:59 -0500
        Re: managing buttons Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2013-12-09 07:02 +0100
      Re: managing buttons Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2013-12-09 06:24 +0100
        Re: managing buttons "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2013-12-09 20:34 +0000
          Re: managing buttons Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-12-09 23:05 -0500
            Re: managing buttons "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2013-12-10 08:55 +0000
              Re: managing buttons Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-12-10 07:07 -0500
    Re: managing buttons Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-12-08 19:35 +0100
      Re: managing buttons Une Bévue <unbewusst.sein@fai.invalid> - 2013-12-09 06:26 +0100

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