Keep it short
Steven Vollom
stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net
Fri Dec 5 18:57:52 UTC 2008
Wendell Cochran wrote:
> Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:51:02 -0500
> From: Steven Vollom <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Kmail and Yahoo (was Re: konqueror search engines)
>
> Steve, I realize that time is short & that you have much to do.
> And I dislike adding to your burden, but:
>
> Please trim your posts.
>
> In the one cited above, more than 150 lines -- six full screens! --
> could have been omitted without loss.
>
> Trimming will give you practice in using an editor. (I recommend vi.)
>
> Trimming forces review of the topic & discussion thereof.
>
> Short posts attract readers; long posts encourage them to skip on to
> the next thing. (We're all in hurry.)
>
> In short, brevity will help others help you.
>
> Wendell Cochran
> West Seattle
>
>
>
>
I will try, Wendle. Something has happened to my computer right now and
I am having difficulty just making it work at all. I am having
difficulty adding or removing anything. My mouse is sluggish and
doesn't always work. I am using the arrow keys to move the cursor
during the writing of this email.
So that I understand, do you mean when a post gets a lot of response
back and forth, do you want me to erase the answered portions and only
return current active questions and answers, or do you mean reword what
I say?
Someone included a recommendation for installation of a tool that
organized back and forth conversation with verticle colored lines that
helped keep track of who was saying what. I can remove that, however, I
don't remember where I got it or what it is called. But I will remove
it is that will help.
I have an urgent need for my computer to work right now, and it is
acting very strange, so I have an active post that is a little large,
but I don't know how to shorten it. Whatever vi is, I don't think I can
install it right now, because of the way the computer is behaving.
Sorry
Steven
More information about the kubuntu-users
mailing list