Re: Need help with dia

[Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie>]

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 <bob marcan aster si>
> Reply-To: dia-list gnome org
> To: dia-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Need help with dia
>
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:24:01 +0100 (IST)
> "Alan Horkan" <horkana tcd ie> 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.