Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:54:59 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, alireza mahini <alirezamahini@yahoo.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is ther any debugger for c and c++ programs in freebsd4.4? Message-ID: <20021010012459.GC87617@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <ezr8ez4afc.8ez@localhost.localdomain> References: <200210082011.g98KBxB12900@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <ezr8ez4afc.8ez@localhost.localdomain>
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On Wednesday, 9 October 2002 at 13:36:07 -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> writes: > >> Please put your question in the body of your message and limit the >> subject to jsut a title for your posting. >> It will make it much easier for people to read your question and >> to make a helpful response. > > I find it easier to read one question in the subject line and not have > to read something (restated in question form?) in the body. When you get a paper letter in an envelope, would you find it normal to find just a signature on the paper and the real message written on the back of the envelope underneath the name of the sender? > Please explain your complaint further. What is the problem? Do > people not read Subject lines? I certainly read subject lines. They help me decide whether I want to read the message. Once I read a message, I expect to find something useful there. > I'm suprised (and somewhat embarassed for FreeBSD) to see 3 out of 4 > responders jump on the guy about something that seems to me good, or > at least no worse than trivially non-standard. Certainly a little more help would be good. But I suppose it's all a matter of expectations. In the Microsoft world, it seems that people don't have a problem with text like this: On Wednesday, 9 October 2002 at 13:36:07 -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> writes: > >> Please put your question in the body of your message and limit the >> subject to jsut a title for your posting. >> It will make it much easier for people to read your question and >> to make a helpful response. > > I find it easier to read one question in the subject line and not have > to read something (restated in question form?) in the body. (end of quotation). It's almost as if people have flocked to abandon what they learnt in school, because it's "cool" to have text scattered all over the place. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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