Re: good list for basic laTeX questions

Am 29.06.2014 16:34, schrieb Alan G Isaac:
> Warning: OT!
>
> On 6/29/2014 9:50 AM, Josef Kleber wrote:
>> most english newsgroups are horrible to read.
>> 200 lines of quote with one added line. Top-posting looks like a
>> solution for that. In the end this quoting style is just a waste of time
>> for the reader
>
> The real reason for top posting and extensive quoting is the
> preservation of context.

I completely agree! Providing context is the key, but top-posting with 
full quote does exactly not provide context and it's highly inefficent.
Email communication is different, because here are just a "few" 
messages, where you can have context in mind. Reading dozens of 
newsgroups (100+ posts) full of top-posting with full quotes is horribly 
inefficient, exactly because near context is lost.

> Back to the StackExchange question, here is the modern
> Usenet functionality (e.g., Google Groups) that I miss.
> I would like to be able to create a filter, receive posts
> to the filter as email, and respond by email.  (Email
> has many advantages over site visits, not the least of
> which is access to one's favorite editor.)

But then I really don't understand why you are using Google groups 
instead of a decent newsreader. Even Thunderbird provides everything out 
of the box without the bypass of a crippled web interface you then 
bypass with email notification. With just a few keyboard shortcuts, it's 
highly efficent:

     b  back (previous message)
     n  next
     m  mark as (un)read
     k  (kill) ignore thread (mark all messages in the thread as read)
space  scroll down

> Is this possible?

Not to the best of my knowledge.

> Here is the sx functionality that seems new and valuable:
> rated answers.  I really like this.

Not the key feature for me! ;-) There's not necessarily a relation 
between upvotes and quality of the answer. One point that is sometimes 
criticised, is that you don't get many upvotes without image. An image 
increases the quality of an answer, but a one line comment can provide 
the better solution.

Josef


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