Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: Wrapping long lines (Was Re: FAQ update suggestion for "I'm having basic problems with find. Why?") Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 08:14:29 -0700 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <010701c464f4$398e2030$4e6510ac@ds.tao.co.uk> <013301c464fe$e2e425d0$4e6510ac@ds.tao.co.uk> <20040708222627.GB15706@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <006f01c4659b$eb0c13b0$4e6510ac@ds.tao.co.uk> <20040709101909.GL1389@cygbert.vinschen.de> <00b901c465a2$08e3ca30$4e6510ac@ds.tao.co.uk> <20040709111803.GM1389@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h-67-102-25-114.lsanca54.covad.net User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (Windows/20040707) In-Reply-To: <20040709111803.GM1389@cygbert.vinschen.de> Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Fact is, I dislike when people don't give a damn for existing common > rules which have turned out to work fine for all other people. You are ascribing malintent where either ignorance or disagreement may be present. You are assuming they don't give a damn instead of the more probable "don't understand the issues or difference" or the probable "I disagree with your viewpoint regarding the issues you seem to have with this". I can also say as easily that format=flowed and even HTML email work fine for many people too. > Successful communication needs rules. No, not at all. Successful comminication requires effort on both parts of the speaker and listener. Stifling rules stilfe communication. Rules or requirements should not be forced rather guidelines and conventions should merely be stressed - not shoved down other's throats. > If somebody doesn't apply to these rules, which really aren't hard to > find or follow, nobody is forced to read his or her posting, right? > Nobody is forced to read my postings either. That's ok. Nobody's trying to force you to read. You shouldn't try to force them to write in a particular style. In the end communication, at least civil communication and I'd say any communication that is, in the long term, successsful, always requires *compromise* on both parties. Your stated opinion, Corina, is uncompromising. -- REALITY.SYS corrupted: Reboot universe? (Y/N/Q) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/