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»Q« wrote: |
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> On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 12:20:25 -0500 |
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> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> »Q« wrote: |
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>>> On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:18:00 -0500 |
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>>> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> I started out on this thread helping the OP get his set up |
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>>>> correctly. Why make someone else use trial and error like I did |
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>>>> when all I had to do was post |
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>>> Refraining from posting would *not* have forced the OP to use trial |
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>>> and error, as there are plenty of people here on the list who *do* |
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>>> understand the news item. |
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>> True but I've seen posts where no one responds with a fix as well. I |
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>> do try to help people whenever I can just like I would hope a person |
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>> would do and has done for me. |
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> In this case, you posted within an hour of the OP, not waiting to see |
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> whether anyone who understood things would show up. Would you consider |
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> waiting some reasonable time before making an "I don't understand |
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> either, but I'm here to help" post? |
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Since you seem to be in charge of this decision somehow. Just how long |
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should I wait? A couple hours? A day? A week? A month? What if no |
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one tries to help at all? What if I have a perfectly good fix and the |
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OP is in a hurry and doesn't want to wait a few more hours or days when |
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a good solution is already available? |
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>>>> what worked here and see if that worked for them too? |
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>>> Your initial post to the thread did not include what works for you |
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>>> and did nothing to help the OP; you posted what actually works for |
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>>> you only after the OP had already thanked Alan, who had understood |
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>>> the issue and helped him (and you, AFAICT) get things straight. |
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>>> None of this is a very big deal, and I hope I didn't come across as |
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>>> too harsh. It's just that in almost all cases, it's more helpful |
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>>> to wait until someone who does understand posts than to jump in to |
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>>> help with something one doesn't understand. |
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>> Actually, I posted the first reply to this thread. |
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> Actually, you just quoted me discussing that very post of yours. |
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In my first reply, I only quoted what the OP posted in the post that |
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started this whole thread. I took my quote for the VERY FIRST reply on |
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this thread. I added what worked for me and even explained what I did |
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to get there. |
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>> The OP posted at about 9:06AM. I replied at about 9:54AM. Alan |
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>> posted his first reply at 10:31AM. My first reply included this: |
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>>> After it was all done, this is what I ended up with: |
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>>> LINGUAS="en_US en" |
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>>> I left the LANG setting as is for the moment. |
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>> So, you either missed my first reply or didn't understand what I |
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>> included in it. Which would be ironic wouldn't it? |
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> I did read your first reply and I do understand what you included in |
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> it. You left out the only part that was important to the issue at hand, |
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> your L10N variable. (I assumed that you hadn't added L10N until |
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> later, after you read Alan's helpful post, but ICBW about that.) |
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Just a FYI. What Alan posted didn't help me here either when I added |
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it. It may later on but it didn't when I tested it. I suspect some |
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things are in flux at the moment. |
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>> Here's the deal. If someone posts and I have something that works, |
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>> I'm going to post it. If it helps, fine. If it doesn't then others |
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>> can post what works for them or explain what is what on it. After |
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>> all, we are ALL here to try and help each other. What one person |
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>> does may or may not work for another. Still, we share just the |
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>> same. |
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> I was only trying to help you contribute less noise to the list. It |
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> appears that both of us have failed to do any good in this thread, |
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> despite our good intentions. Since I'm the one advocating against |
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> noise, I'll quit now. |
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Well, maybe this will help. Does this meet your approval? From now on |
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before I post anything on this list, I'll send it to you off list for |
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your approval which means that you guarantee that it is a post that will |
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fix whatever the OP of the thread has trouble with 100%. Basically, |
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since you seem to have made yourself the decider on what a person should |
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post and what may be helpful, then you get to do it. That sound OK? |
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Oh, in the meantime, the person needing help can sit and wait while you |
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approve the reply if no one else can help or is available to help. |
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In all honesty, I've been on this list for likely over a decade. I try |
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to help people no matter what. Case in point, the other Alan guy that |
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comes here and posts about his problems when it is his process that is |
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broken. While most everyone else has given up on him, I still try to |
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help him. However, if what I contribute here is not welcome, then I can |
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stop posting. Then at least one person would be happy I guess. It's |
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not like I don't have other things to do or anything either. I just may |
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consider that option. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |