From: "Tonni Schmücker" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: FAQ File Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:31:54 +0200 Organization: Customer at Telia Danmark (http://www.telia.dk) Lines: 55 Message-ID: <7mk9ri$bv3$1@news101.telia.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: t1o106p15.telia.com X-Trace: news101.telia.com 932031154 12259 194.255.244.15 (15 Jul 1999 09:32:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT telia DOT dk NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jul 1999 09:32:34 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com I'm sorry Eli if I insulted you ..... that was not my intension .....and I'm sure that only people who have the time will answer my question ...right ..... I mean there are no one holding a gun to their head and making em' answer ...... it's all in their own wish to help ....so if I don't get an answer to my question ...to bad ... I think most of these guys reading these messages ...are willing to help ...... If I had the knowledge I wouldn't hesitate for a sec. to help some clueless wannabee ....... Remember Eli .... I'm not trying to piss you off ....it's all a matter of opinion ...... infact ..... the first month trying to learn c++ must be the hardest .......when the basics are understandble ....then things seem's easier ...... Regards Tonni Schmücker Eli Zaretskii wrote in message news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 990715115630 DOT 21852B-100000 AT is... > > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Tonni Schmücker wrote: > > > Excuse me ...... before i do something wrong .... I would like to know the > > rules about posting questions here !!!!! do one have to read the FAQ file > > In general, yes. The rules of news groups generally require that you > read the FAQ and don't ask questions that are already epxlained there. > We don't enforce these rules here, but please don't abuse that. > > > but for us newbies it's easier to communicate with people instead of > > a large file filled with unknown phrases and stuff. > > It is always easier to ask a question and expect others to do the > digging in the FAQ for you. But I don't consider that a nice > behavior, and neither should you. Please keep in mind that when you > ask a question from the FAQ, people who answer you waste their time > looking up the FAQ for you, by and large they don't know those answers > by heart (even I don't). So you simply trade your time for theirs. > > The FAQ was intended to be easy to search. There's the Table of > Contents at the beginning and two large indices at the end of it. > They should land you on the right spot very quickly. If they don't, > please tell here and the FAQ will be improved in the next release. > > > onece I get to know the program I intend to read the FAQ as the problems > > avolves .....but isn't this newsgroup here to help newbies as oldies ?????? > > It is. But the FAQ is written for newbies, not for oldies. When you > ``get to know the program'', you usually don't need the FAQ anymore.