>From: "Patrick O'Donnell" <p...@ascent.com> >>From: Glynn Clements <gl...@gclements.plus.com> >>Patrick O'Donnell wrote: >>> I have made similar queries on this list for >>> documentation, with similar lack of results. >> >>IOW, you ask, people answer, you don't like the answer (probably >>because you didn't ask the right question in the first place), then >>claim that no-one answered. > >IOW, I ask, people answer a different question, and they blame me for >not asking the question they wanted to answer in the first place. >Then, they claim the answered my question. Hmmmm....
On re-reading, I realize that this is unfair to those who did answer and offered their help, and to those who might have been offended, I apologize. I should not have succumbed to the temptation to respond to a provocation that was not deserving of a response. It is unfortunate that the same lack of funds/time that preclude comprehensive documentation of the latest in advancements in X also precludes many of us who might want to from sussing out what we need from the implementation details that are avaiable. It's a catch-22 that makes it difficult to effectively and efficiently update old X applications that need it. The lack of comprehensive documentation also precludes one without the time to pursue in-depth understanding of the details of recent X developments from developing the ability to know if the question they ask is the "right" one. Nevertheless, the asking of a question, even the wrong one, indicates a void in the asker's understanding that they wish to fill. Dismissing the asker simply because their void is larger than they realized is a great way to turn away a potential advocate, or to lose one who once was an advocate but is becoming disillusioned. - Patrick _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg