Re: A83: Maillist ediquitte/some other stuff
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Re: A83: Maillist ediquitte/some other stuff
You can't change the way people on this list act, and I like seeing the
entire message in the reply
On Sat, 12 Sep 1998 14:56:44 -0500 Eric Shattow <ribbit@uss.net> writes:
>
>first off, i'm new to assembly programming (much less on calculators),
>and i don't like my mailbox being flooded with maillist messages, so
>i
>have been recieving the messages in digest mode. It's really great,
>and you all should try it sometime, provided that the users of the
>list
>follow some basic "niceness" to everyone else... well they haven't so
>i've made some guidelines i hope you all follow:
>- when replying, only quote the first 5-15 lines of the original
>message, or selectivley quote it.
> (quoting a 450 line message just sucks. [eg. in one digest message i
>have seen a quoted message in which there are at least 50 lines like
>this: ">>>>>>> inc hl ; We'll waste space here to gain some speed".
>this is very annoying to me because i've already read that message,
>the
>message that quotes it, the message that quotes the message that
>quotes it, the message that quotes the message that quotes the message
>that
>quotes it, ad. inf.] )
>- this has been said before, but don't put more then a 4-5 line piece
>of ascii art in your message unless it has some relevance to your
>subject.
>- don't send stupid messages (like "you suck"), and don't reply to
>stupid messages. let the maillist admin deal with retarded
>underserving
>pond scum.
>- the "Subject:" field is there for a reason in an email; use it!
> (a lot of messages that change topic in mid-thread have the same
>subject... very annoying to both normal and digest recieving
>subscribers)
>- source code in the message is nice, and i like to see it, but
>like... well, if possible; include an ftp or http link where you can
>view/download it online. even if it is besides the source in the
>email, a internet link where the source can be downloaded helps a lot
>if you
>don't want to copy + paste to a new file and then edit out any
>extreneous line feed characters, etc.
>- the easiest way to reply to a message is to reply, tell your email
>program to quote the original text, and then delete everything to be
>forwarded that doesn't have direct relevence to your message. use an
>elipsis "..." on a line to indicate where you cut out text in the
>middle, a pound sign "#" for text you cut out at the beginning of the
>quoted text, and a tilde "~" for text you cut out at the end (i use
>this
>a lot with those listbot and juno adv.s because adv.s look ugly when
>you quote them, like you don't know how to use an email client
>properly).
>
>
>
>okay, the other stuff:
>
>i'm making an email program for the TI-83 (and maybe other calcs when
>i have time). i don't know where to start about making the word
>processor part. i can't decide if i should remap the TI letter
>designations and make it more qwerty-like or what ever... it will
>support
>upper/lower case though, and all of the 101-key keyboard ascii
>characters. it's gonna be more word processor than email client, but
>it will
>support the cable/IR/RF links (RF link is gonna be worked out soon, i
>hope) and Calculator ID designations (like email addresses... only
>different).
>
>what should i start out with? i'd like to manage the power, so that
>i can do a direct input in a sort of reduced power mode (_getkey just
>won't cut it), but i don't know how to do this. Also, some sort of
>word based compression would definately help, if it were small enough
>to
>implement... i hope one of you people can help me out with
>compression, i am only familiar with the concepts and not designing
>the algorithms
>and using them. Does anyone know exactly what causes the calc to
>screw up in SOS with rom v1.0800 with the 2nd+ON thing? I want to
>avoid
>that, and maybe patch sos myself because i've been making my calc
>reset way too much by accident. heh.
>
>well i appreciate you reading my message, and i hope you all follow
>the guidelines at top for the sake of digest subscribers ;o] (some
>input into my ti e-mail program inquiries would be very much
>appreciated also).
>
>Peace.
>
>-Rade
>
>
>--
>Eric Shattow aka "RadonEatr" [ribbit@uss.net]
>http://members.uss.net/ribbit/
>Student
>New Trier High School
>
>
>
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