On 07/12/2013 12:41, Eamonn Rea wrote:
First of all. I’d like to say I have no idea how these ‘mailing lists’
work, so I don’t know if this’ll come through right, but we’ll see I
guess :-) I’m coming from the Google Group comp.lang.python, and was
suggested to use this instead. Assuming attachments and images work, you
should have an image of my code’s result and the attached code files.
[... snip HTML text, images & attached code files ...]
Hi Eamonn.
I'm one of the list owners so this reply is about list etiquette rather
than the pygame issue you're having :) I'm taking advantage of your
self-professed ignorance to make some general points which other might
find helpful. I hope you don't mind.
First: python-list mirrors comp.lang.python and vice versa (either via
nntp or via Google Groups). However GG has, for the last while, been
responsible for disrupting the text it passes through -- extra line
spaces etc. -- with the result that mailing list or newsgroup readers
find it very frustrating to read GG-formatted versions of messages. I
expect that's why you were pointed towards the mailing list. It's also
possible to access via comp.lang.python on Usenet; or
comp.python.general on gmane.
In general, while it's technically possible to post screenshots and to
attach code files to the mailing list, it's not encouraged. At least
partly that's because those who read via Usenet probably won't see them.
Even those of us reading via mailing list may find it harder to read
your post if it's spread out among multiple files.
And to complete the list, you should post in plain text rather than HTML
or rich-text. For much the same reasons. In short, the mailing list and
the newsgroup it mirrors are best treated as plain text only.
Another reason for discouraging screen / code dumps is that the very
fact of narrowing down a small, repeatable segment of code with which to
illustrate the issue can actually lead to your seeing the problem
anyway! Even if it doesn't it's *much* easier for the other list members
to comprehend / try out a small code segment than to read through your
whole code.
If push comes to shove, you can post code on a pastebin service -- but
that is frowned upon by some, both because of the need to link to an
unknown URL and because the code you post may not be there in 2 years
time when someone having the same issue is following this thread to find
help!
TJG
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