On 11/14/2014 07:48 AM, lynn wrote:
13.2 Hi I checked the 'don't ask me again' (OWTTE) box when deleting messages. Now it doesn't prompt before deleting. How do I get it to ask me again?
I tried this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1011403
One[1] of the reasons I hate the Microsoft/Windows method of storing config -- the registry -- is that it is anonymous. The method used by the UNIX derived systems of a plain text file, usually in or symlinked to /etc, and either having a name that is, or is in a directory whose name corresponds to the application, and whose contents probably have a lot of comments explaining them all, carries a much higher semantic load and makes modification much easier. Once again let me quote the idea that *NIX is about understanding a few basic patterns and principles and applying them (in context) whereas so much of Microsoft is 'sui generis': http://www.zdnet.com/blog/murphy/why-many-mcses-wont-learn-linux/1137 (side argument, not altogether relevant and displays a great ignorance of history: https://forum.cs.vt.edu/topic_show.pl?tid=2624 ) The way Mozilla stores configuration and the way you can override in userPrefs is a half-way house. The names are more meaningful and you _can_ use text files for configuration, but there is no baseline config file with embedded comments and searching the documentation, while easier than hunting down the meaning of Registry entries, is still something that requires savvy a more than a little google-fu. The "why" seems to have something to do with performance. There seems to be a class of programmers who believe that loading in an binary descriptor is faster than parsing text file. In the case of something like termcap/terminfo I can accept that. It is Just One Thing. But the Registry and the Mozilla approach loads Every${DEITY}${PERDITION}ed thing whether you are going to use it or not. I may spend a week calling up Thunderbird and Firefox each day, possibly more than once a day, and never printing anything[2]. But they insist on loading the printer characteristics anyway, as part of ... registry'. Perhaps this is inherited from the MS-DOS style of word processor ... In many ways Thunderbird and Firefox are more "DOS/Windows" style programs than they are UNIX/Linux programs. [1] Yes there are more reasons ... [2] Realistically I print very little. A ream of paper might last me a year. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org