From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Horn Subject: Re: Title page for book latex export Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:33:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: <19644.5557.627178.686601@goeland.ups-tlse.fr> <9312871.193.1287423634931.JavaMail.root@zm-cesbio-01> <19644.43988.128890.607963@goeland.ups-tlse.fr> <28722569.197.1287437982941.JavaMail.root@zm-cesbio-01> <19645.14060.654947.268170@goeland.ups-tlse.fr> <21835.1287497077@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48973 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P8OV3-0006ZQ-UB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:33:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P8OV2-0004z4-PW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:33:57 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:51081) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P8OV2-0004z0-KJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:33:56 -0400 Received: by iwn1 with SMTP id 1so3626678iwn.0 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:33:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <21835.1287497077@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: Jordi Inglada , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick and others, > =A0 =A0o Although your post was the trigger, the rant was not meant for y= ou > =A0 =A0 =A0personally: it was meant for the whole list. It is often the c= ase > =A0 =A0 =A0that people describe a problem with very little detail and it > =A0 =A0 =A0takes a series of back-and-forths before we can really underst= and > =A0 =A0 =A0what the problem is. Sometimes that's inevitable but many time= s > =A0 =A0 =A0it can be avoided. My suggestion was to include enough detail > =A0 =A0 =A0in the original report so the back-and-forth can be avoided to > =A0 =A0 =A0the extent possible. Reading the list for a short while before posting, it became fairly obvious to me what was expected in order to receive help. But, since posting a rant to the mail list only informs people who read the list of your displeasure, and given that the group most likely to benefit from your advice are new list members, it might behoove us to post a clear(er) list of expectations on the org-mode site when we introduce potential users to the list. Best wishes, Jeff --=20 Jeffrey Horn Graduate Lecturer and PhD Student in Economics George Mason University (704) 271-4797 jhorn@gmu.edu jrhorn424@gmail.com http://www.failuretorefrain.com/jeff/