[OS X TeX] Re: MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 40, Issue 9

L G Kovacs lgkovacs at ozemail.com.au
Mon Feb 14 19:22:59 EST 2011


In message 28 of the issue of the Digest quoted in the subject line, on 10 Feb 2011 Gary L. Gray wrote:

> ... I will change the wording on the List Reminders and Etiquette page to reflect Dick's input. I will change the first item to:
> 
> Please do not start a new thread by replying to a message from another thread. ...

As a novice, I would not necessarily pick up that "replying" is used here in a technical rather than in an everyday sense.
Perhaps readers who need this reminder would be more likely to get the point if it was put like this:
"Please do not start a new thread by using the "Reply" command as if you were responding to a message from another thread. ..."

Laci Kovacs


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