linux.conf.au/debiancon: January 2003 Recent EMail Thread: Linux Kernel Mailing List From: Bill Davidsen To: Rusty Russell On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Rusty Russell wrote: > No. I don't think that my original version wasn't clear, nor do I > have time to negate every suggestion, no matter how well meaning or > not, even if I had no better things to do, which does not seem likely, > does it not? Please don't take this personally, but you just used another double negative in your response. Now you may think that way, and talk that way, but a lot of people who use Linux are not native speakers of English, and from experience I suggest that the complex gramatical constructs in all the help stuff should be avoided. Eschew obfuscation. > Point taken (although note that this option is never prompted for). Then why have help at all? In fact why have the whole option if it can't be used? I assume you meant something else entirely, other than "can't be used." -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.