On Tuesday 28 March 2006 18:19, Craig White wrote: > > The issue then became, you tried one logical thing and then came right > back to the list with the next question when a simple perusal of the man > page should have given you the clue. Honestly, I hadn't done that before > myself, I just did what I think you should have done, read the man page > for konsole and create a simple test. It worked with my 3rd try. > > That seems to be your methodology though (and a great many others too > and myself included) - that if you have considered how to accomplish a > task and can't accomplish, you ask the list...makes sense. When you get > an answer that doesn't completely give you all the details, you make a > simple effort and then come right back to the list for amplification > rather than doing any more research with the supplied information from > the first answer. I did this testing myself not because I knew, wanted > to know or even cared about solving your problem of making it work...but > rather trying to make this point about the number of questions that you > ask of the list and the limited amount of effort you make once you are > given a direction before coming back to the list again for more > information. Sometimes I think people give you a pass because you are a > woman but I remember John Summerfield sounded out loud about this very > thing about you a few weeks back and I think I have concluded that he's > right. > There I have to object. I do put a lot of effort into the areas that seem to me most important, but like you I have limited time. Sometimes a pointer from someone who has done something like that before can save you hours. In fact I did not ask a second question. I made a comment about its behaviour in a specific situation, that's all. I have never asked for any favours as a woman, and I do not now. You might bear in mind that you have no way of knowing the time I put into any project. > I trust you didn't supply this info because you have exhausted all > efforts to figure this out for yourself. > See above. This is not a question, it's a comment. The time I spend on anything will depend on how important it is to me. There are two kinds of question I ask. One is, like the one that started this thread, a question to which I want/need a quick answer that will give me a starting point to be followed up if/when I have the time. The other is where I need much more guidance because it is more complex, and probably the man pages need some amplification. I shall not stop asking questions - I have learned by listening all my life. I hope that you will not stop answering. Anne
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