pythonOCC examples doesn't work?

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto at gmail.com> wrote:
> [over a hundred quoted lines snipped]
> And if you look at the above in gmail, you can see the ...'s that when
> not clicked, won't show some of the responses I leave just above, and
> it clips my signature line as well.

That's a Gmail feature, and a sop to people who can't take a moment to
trim quoted text. Taking your above post as an example, there were
(according to my calculation) 111 lines of text that had already been
sent, being _re_sent in your post.

Not everyone uses Gmail. And not everyone runs off 100Mbit internet
connections. And even if everyone were to use Gmail off 100Mbit
internet connections, I would still recommend trimming the text,
because Gmail gives you precisely two options: all the way collapsed,
or all the way expanded. If I want to read more context, I get _all_
the context. That's still not all that useful.

Right while you make a post is the best time to decide how much
context is needed. Spend just a few seconds thinking about how much to
trim, and you can make things easier for everyone who reads your post,
whether it be on python-list, comp.lang.python, or one of several
web-accessible archives. And remember, this is for posterity, so be
honest. How do you feel? Interesting...

ChrisA