From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Tagged parameters
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:10:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <884d3952-3994-c42a-e079-a34907545096@eastlink.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dcac5926-e8e6-4b2a-913e-a4c3c63a070e@app.fastmail.com>
On 2023-08-15 10:40, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023, at 11:16 AM, Ray Andrews wrote:
>> I dream of a manual that is designed to inform the one seeking
>> information rather than display the knowledge of the writer to himself.
> The contributors are trying their best.
Of course, and as I said, Peter just made what I'd call a small but
exemplary improvement.
> Kindly keep your
> passive-aggressive, condescending editorializing to yourself.
On the contrary there's no aggression here and no condescension
either. The problem of manuals being written by people who are already
experts is always hard to avoid. Manuals must serve the person who is
not already an expert and that's difficult because the minds are
different. If I was an expert I'd have the same issue.
But you are senior here and if my remarks are taken in a negative light
then they will stop. One seconder of your point of view and I'll never
make another comment, positive or suggestive or negative. Nothing I
will every contribute is worth offending yourself, you're too important.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-15 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-15 5:51 Marlon Richert
2023-08-15 8:27 ` Peter Stephenson
2023-08-15 14:30 ` Ray Andrews
2023-08-15 14:39 ` Peter Stephenson
2023-08-15 15:16 ` Ray Andrews
2023-08-15 17:40 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-08-15 18:10 ` Ray Andrews [this message]
2023-08-15 22:41 ` Grant Taylor
2023-08-17 23:41 ` Clinton Bunch
2023-08-18 1:10 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-08-18 4:15 ` Ray Andrews
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