[REBOL] Re: Contribution `rules'
From: dness:home at: 22-Jun-2001 16:37
GS Jones wrote:
[snip of my earlier]
...
> A few suggestions may help get the most out of the list.
>
> a) If you are developing a rather complex program, and are having a problem with
> only one small aspect of the program, it seems to be generally easier to assist
> if you will distill down the essential feature about which you have a question.
> These questions seem to get much quicker responses than listing 2000 lines of
> code that also require files not available to others.
>
> b) Watch for lines wrapping when you get answers back. It makes it appear as
> though the "help" was not very helpful.
>
> Hope this was helpful.
> --Scott Jones
>
It was. And it is `good news'. I certainly appreciate the help that I have gotten
so far, and your point about distilling questions down to their `essence' works for
words as well as for code.
Thanks for taking the time to respond...