Re: How to display instructions around the current instuction?

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 6:37 PM Peng Yu via Gdb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have already thanked other people who send correct answers. But
> helping by definition should making sure the answers are correctly. It
> is not a valid excuse to say to post untested wrong results are OK
> because of "helping".
>
> If an answers is not correct, it should not be sent in the first
> place. In stackoverflow, wrong answers can be deleted. But mailing
> lists don't have this options. Therefore, the senders should make sure
> the correctness of the answers before sending them out.

I hate to take this further offtopic but would like you to consider
that if people were required to test all suggestions first, many
responses would not be sent in the first place. For example, I did not
test my hook-stop suggestion. I am not sure that people would be
better off in such a world.

Christian

>
> On 1/28/21, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:06:55 -0600
> >> From: Peng Yu via Gdb <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: [email protected]
> >>
> >> Please test your recommendation before sending it out. It is not
> >> appropriate to waste other people's time.
> >
> > Hey, no one here works for you, you know!  So please appreciate that
> > people are "wasting their time" on helping you achieve your goals, and
> > be thankful.
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng