Ted Zlatanov <[email protected]> writes: > On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:33:47 -0600 Tommy Kelly <[email protected]> > wrote: > > TK> The person who wrote the stuff, understands it in intense > TK> detail without the documentation, and therefore has little or no need > TK> of the documentation thinks the documentation is more readable as it is. > > TK> The person who is trying to learn the stuff, and must rely heavily on > TK> said documentation thinks the documentation would be more readable with a > TK> a minor fix. > > Štěpán was noting a minor issue: if mail comes from majordomoXcom (any > single character) instead of majordomo.com, it will match that splitting > rule. I don't think Štěpán suggested it would make the documentation > more readable to fix that.
You're right. Štěpán explained the thing to me and then flagged it to The Documenters. *I* am suggesting that Štěpán's flagging was useful and that, contrary to Lars's view, the proposed fix is worthwhile and makes things more readable[1]. And my underlying point was that while Lars is an undoubted expert in Gnus, *I* am an expert in being a new and clueless user of it. The documentation has an intended core audience, and it ain't Lars. So Štěpán's point was one of regexp structure; mine, one of pedagogy. All that said. I'm new here and have invested a mere fraction of the hours in this project that y'all have. So don't hesitate to pat me on the head and say "Shhhh! The grown-ups are speaking." :-) Tommy [1] Or rather, it makes it more consistent and understandable -- a.k.a. better. I'm with everyone else in that adding toothpicks rarely makes for improved *read*-ability. But that -- toothpicks (and (to further make the (undoubtedly made (albeit obliquely) by now) point) parens) -- is the life we have chosen for ourselves. _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
