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Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail")
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Tommy Kelly |
Subject: |
Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail") |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:53:14 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (darwin) |
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:33:47 -0600 Tommy Kelly <tommy.kelly@verilab.com>
> 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.
- nnimap-split-fancy, Tommy Kelly, 2010/12/16
- Re: nnimap-split-fancy, Adam Sjøgren, 2010/12/17
- Re: nnimap-split-fancy, Tommy Kelly, 2010/12/17
- About toothpicks (was Re: nnimap-split-fancy), Štěpán Němec, 2010/12/17
- Re: About toothpicks (was Re: nnimap-split-fancy), Tommy Kelly, 2010/12/17
- Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Štěpán Němec, 2010/12/18
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- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2010/12/18
- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Tommy Kelly, 2010/12/18
- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Ted Zlatanov, 2010/12/19
- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Štěpán Němec, 2010/12/19
- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"),
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- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Ted Zlatanov, 2010/12/27
- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Steinar Bang, 2010/12/27
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- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Richard Riley, 2010/12/27
- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Tommy Kelly, 2010/12/28
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- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Richard Riley, 2010/12/28
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- Re: Error in (info "(gnus)Splitting Mail"), Richard Riley, 2010/12/19
- Re: nnimap-split-fancy, Eric S Fraga, 2010/12/18
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Re: nnimap-split-fancy, Richard Riley, 2010/12/18