From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4312 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2020 18:43:03 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Aug 2020 18:43:03 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1k718H-007dgz-04; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:42:21 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1k718C-007df7-Gr for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:42:16 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1k7189-00Abuf-MI for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:42:16 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References :Message-ID:Date:Subject:From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=zt4P8XNhDm3QQW4uS4yTwf2s4bI38Xm2BOthaPn0uBw=; b=puS1qisxlJ+9Xb9gNWEaRXg1Ip CPmClSB28wRUQlFnjuAAjPz+ilOf8pyu0+mwvLvGloFlfP7/HgLwtobDxEk3j3gevBDR1M/PLspEE o6jnMhuSxMez0l2F8rBw4exQjlOmRuE9K4mqpLz1F/VocmDGm5grc3UNjHwzJUFn4rAQ=; Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214] helo=ciao.gmane.io) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k7181-0002I8-E4 for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 20:42:08 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k7180-0008ei-6e for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 20:42:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Wayne Harris Subject: Re: Automatically displaying content of [some] attachments Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:41:24 -0300 Message-ID: <86lfifkazv.fsf@protonmail.com> References: <87wo20b4lo.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> <87sgco5grw.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cancel-Lock: sha1:U1Qiae1aAS3TUtlBjYBBLEwx8V0= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Adam Sjøgren writes: > Adam writes: > >> What do I need to configure to have that done automatically, so I don't >> have to navigate to the attachment and press RET? > > The motivating factor of asking a question is incredible. Yes, that's very interesting. I hypothesize that the words should not be ``motivating factor'', but rather a ``consequence'' of asking a question. That is, I'd have written ``the consequence of asking a question is /almost/ incredible''. I don't even think it really must be asked to the public. By just putting precisely the question down to yourself seems to _essentially_ do the same job. Of course, without the public's scrutiny, you're relevantly limited and denied the joy and profit of exchange. The consequence is that it organizes your thoughts in an academic way. I mean, it well-organizes your thoughts. You want the answer and you want it quick, so you present the problem in a very clear, trivial way, as it should always be presented. First you prove there is a problem, thereby implicitly challenging everyone to solve it, even with a theoretical solution, so you craft the problem to allow a meaningful but perhaps not useful solution. That in itself is already a design of the solution, so while everyone reads your work, you try your hand at the most trivial solution possible. Perhaps then you improve it and this way, by and by, you might understand all the engineering required to get a real-world solution to the problem. That is all a consequence of presenting a problem in a well-organized way. This is why so many interesting scientists have praised the importance of asking a good question. Asking a good question demands understanding; intellectual understanding seems to be a form of well-organization. Asking a good question requires sincerity and even courage to admit your inability to answer it; such properties in themselves check the entire educational system all over the world.