On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Joshua Landau <jos...@landau.ws> wrote: > On 15 February 2014 14:20, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: >> Joshua Landau <jos...@landau.ws> writes: >> >>> Here, I give you a pdf. Hopefully this isn't anti >>> mailing-list-etiquette. >> >> This forum is read in many different contexts, and attachments aren't >> appropriate. You should simply put the text directly into your message, >> if it's short enough. >> >> If it's long, then put it online somewhere and send a link with a >> description; or, better, make it shorter so it is reasonable to put the >> text in a message :-) > > A PDF seemed like a better use of my time than ASCII art. > Nevertheless, I agree that I can always give a link; I was just > wondering if there was an environment under which this was actively > harmful.
A PDF is fine. An attachment is problematic, and won't get to everyone. Hence the suggestion to put it online somewhere and post a link. (But be sure the host will be up for the next hundred years, ish.) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
