[Tutor] Fwd: masking library files

[ugajin at talktalk.net]

 But I must remember to cc tutor at python.org when replying to you.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: ugajin at talktalk.net
To: alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:15
Subject: Re: [Tutor] masking library files


 
It is off, and I don't appear have an option to turn it on in plain text. I have this option, but but only in rich text/html, and as you see it top posts, which I quite like.
 


Yes, but delete all the junk such as extraneous headers/footers as 
I did above. It does actually make the conversation much easier to follow than top posting. 
 
I appreciate many modern mail tools do top posting as default 
(thanks Microsoft! :-(  ) but for conversations its much easier 
to use inline comments. 
 
For a good, fairly short, balanced, explanation of how it helps, 
see this: 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style 
 
It helps if you have quoting turned on in your mail tool too - yours doesn't seem to be using quotes at present (Quoting means the >>> 
bits in the message above - the number of > characters tells you how far back in the conversation it was) 
 
-- Alan G 
Author of the Learn to Program web site 
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
To: tutor at python.org
Sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:23
Subject: Re: [Tutor] masking library files


On 10/04/14 10:30, ugajin at talktalk.net wrote: 
 
> On 10/04/2014 02:20, ugajin at talktalk.net wrote: 
>> Please write in plain English if you want to be understood. 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Dave Angel <davea at davea.name> 
>> To: tutor at python.org 
>>> 
>> 
>> A message left in invisible ink.  Please post in text form, not 
>>   html, as html offers too many ways to mess up the message. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Please don't top post on this list.  And don't use language like that 
> if you want answers, especially when replying to a highly respected 
> member of this community such as Dave. 
> 
> Mark Lawrence 
> 
> 
> Like this? 
 
Yes, but delete all the junk such as extraneous headers/footers as 
I did above. It does actually make the conversation much easier to follow than top posting. 
 
I appreciate many modern mail tools do top posting as default 
(thanks Microsoft! :-(  ) but for conversations its much easier 
to use inline comments. 
 
For a good, fairly short, balanced, explanation of how it helps, 
see this: 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style 
 
It helps if you have quoting turned on in your mail tool too - yours doesn't seem to be using quotes at present (Quoting means the >>> 
bits in the message above - the number of > characters tells you how far back in the conversation it was) 
 
-- Alan G 
Author of the Learn to Program web site 
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos 
 
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