Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4288 mails)

[Kevin L Hochhalter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 19 May 2002 00:07, Anders Johansson wrote:
> Nice stuff, but the FAQ specifically says "no advocacy".
>

Ah, too true, and my apologies for that.  Maybe there should be something in 
the FAQ that says "no whining."  There has certainly been too much of it on 
this list since 8.0 hit the stores.

> On Sunday 19 May 2002 08.49, Kevin L Hochhalter wrote:
> > Ask questions, and be patient in waiting for an answer.  Most of the
> > time, the answer is
> > already installed on your computer, either in the form of a how-to, a man
> > page, or a web browser.  Use these tools in your search for the answer to
> > your question.
>
> The most difficult thing isn't knowing the answers, it's knowing what
> questions to ask. Teaching the answers is an art mastered by few, teaching
> the questions is impossible.

Agreed.  So a person doesn't know what to ask.  After having read and 
searched, the person might just want to state his problem.  Somebody will 
then ask some questions in an effort to get things cleared up.  See all the 
recent postings about sound.

>
> //Anders
>
> PS. vi isn't a text editor, it's a line editor. There is a difference.

I generally use vim, actually.  Sorry about that.  If you type man vim, it 
says:

NAME
      vim - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor

DESCRIPTION
      Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi.  It can be used 
to edit any ASCII text.  It is especially useful for editing programs.

Kevin