sorry about that i just get a bit defensive
some people have neither the time nor inclination to use or understand the manual and want a quick fix. on a technical list such as this it is a fair comment that i should make the effort to learn (i do try but im lazy and have a short attention span, i blame Mtv) glad it was just a misunderstanding Sincerely Alan On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Bob Marcan wrote: > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 16:46:48 +0200 > From: Bob Marcan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Need help with dia > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:24:01 +0100 (IST) > "Alan Horkan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Please look at this: > > > > > > >http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51A_HTML/ARH9FDTE/TOC.HTM#MTHDSCHX > > > > You could only have been less helpful if you come out and open said RTFM > > Im sorry if you took my comments the wrong way but there is no need to be > > rude about it. > > > > And the quality of manuals of a commercial unix and Linux are quite > > different (for now). (and yuck it uses frames, and if it had an easy > > interface i would not need to read a manual. > > > > I realise there are people who resist the idea of Linux or their favorite > > Unix becoming the de facto standard and having a whole bunch of users who > > dont know anything about computers but that does not make it any less > > likely to happen. > > > > Belittling those of us who do not choose to learn the details and arcana > > of Unix or choose to become programmers or sysadmins is not helpful or > > productive. _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
