From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2304 invoked by alias); 23 Apr 2010 14:19:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 2295 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Apr 2010 14:19:42 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-173-76-55-5.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (173.76.55.5) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:19:38 +0000 Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4E913C061 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:19:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id E6B4B2B352; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:19:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:19:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Using nano in mintty : missing cursor Message-ID: <20100423141936.GE1256@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <380-2201044221364639@M2W120.mail2web.com> <20100422201758.GA5081@ghost.local.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-q2/txt/msg00028.txt.bz2 On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 06:57:06AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >David Sastre wrote: >> Hey...before somebody yells ONTAGA! I'd like to know if answering >> questions related to someone else's mantained packages is seen as >> unpolite or something... >> >> Now yell. >> :P > >ONTAGA! > >ONTAGA! ONTAGA! > >I've got no idea what that means, but I like the shouting. :) > >Of course answers regarding other people's questions are welcome, even >more so if it means the maintainer doesn't have to get involved. In >fact, it's a very useful way to contribute to open source projects. I still think it's a strange question. If you follow it to its logical conclusion there would only be newbies asking questions and package maintainers answering them. So an email thread would be: From: Ed.C@lueless.org Subject: minTTY porblem From: Andy Koppe Subject: Re: mintty porblem From: Ed.C@lueless.org Subject: Re: minTTY porblem From: Andy Koppe Subject: Re: minTTY porblem >From Ed.C@luless.org Subject: Re: minTTY porbem (SOVLED!) i.e., you'd only ever see two people in every email thread. Clearly that isn't the case. But, nevertheless: ONTAGA! ONTAGA I say! cgf