Re: various sundry things

2003-10-15 Thread Doug VanLeuven
Edward Peschko wrote: You've got to understand something. When I come across a project and evaluate it for usability, I take about a half an hour with the manual and FAQ to see if I can get it off the bat. Best is if I don't have to spend *any* time with the manual. I have to bite the hook on thi

Re: various sundry things

2003-10-14 Thread Demmer, Thomas
Edward Peschenko wrote [...] >> >> Misconception: You thought that -mno-cygwin was a flag that needed >> to only be passed to the linker. > >true, but that is a conception that any user - especially newbies - could make. > >You've got to understand something. When I come across a project and >eva

Re: various sundry things

2003-10-14 Thread Edward Peschko
> - Posting private email without permission is always bad. There is > no excuse for it. ... as is blocking people from personal communication, and giving them no retinue in which to respond ...as is dismissing someone and their ideas out of hand. no excuse for that, either. > - Yes, I know.

Re: various sundry things

2003-10-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 05:16:12PM -0700, Edward Peschko wrote: >> Misconception: In your private email to me that the -mwin32 was a >> "use-win32 mode" flag. > >no, you mentioned -mwin32, I was wondering what the hell >you were talking about, and repeated it. I thought you were >discussing a pos

Re: various sundry things

2003-10-14 Thread Edward Peschko
> Misconception: In your private email to me that the -mwin32 was a > "use-win32 mode" flag. no, you mentioned -mwin32, I was wondering what the hell you were talking about, and repeated it. I thought you were discussing a possible solution. > > Misconception: You thought that -mno-cygwin was

Re: various sundry things

2003-10-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:20:12PM -0700, Edward Peschko wrote: >First of all, I'm looking at my email as/of last night, and although >given the circumstances I pretty much still think what I said is >accurate (although the pedant in me cringes at the misuse of the word >'disabuse'), disabuse: