<div dir="auto">Actually, I was surprised by the content of this list when I joined. My expectation was that because it was called “user†it would be restricted to more beginner type stuff.</div><div dir="auto">I honestly expected to discover that there was a “-dev†list for developers of Gambas itself and/or components etc which would take a lot of the *much* more advanced stuff off this list.</div><div dir="auto">I’d subscribe to both of course, but would lurk pretty hard on the dev list.</div><div dir="auto">It’s a little intimidating for most people to ask a question like “How to I get a bee form to open when I click on a link†in the same forum where people are talking about way more advanced stuff. </div><div dir="auto">I see it as a natural progression. Noobs become experts after tome (those who stick with it anyway) and being able to ask noob type questions is an important part of that process. </div><div dir="auto">The documentation is really really difficult sometimes to get your head around, where little code snippets with an explanation make things a lot easier.</div><div dir="auto">Where I first encountered this was the gb.settings. </div><div dir="auto">Having the little piece of example code that showed saving and loading window position made it crystal clear to me. At first I couldn’t figure it out. My mistake was trying to find the “group†key and the sample code showed me it’s included when you call the class.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Having that sort of thing answered on a “user†list makes sense.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyway, be that as it may, I’m only too grateful to have discovered Gambas and all the various resources which are available </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">JD</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 3:56 AM Bruce Steers <<a href="mailto:bsteers4@gmail.com">bsteers4@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 07:35, Bruce <<a href="mailto:adamnt42@gmail.com" target="_blank">adamnt42@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 14/5/21 3:42 pm, Christof Thalhofer wrote:<br>
> I guess we won't stay with mailman forever (AFAIK this is a mailman-only<br>
> feature) <br>
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We mightn't have chocolate forever either but that doesn't mean we can't <br>
eat it now. :-)<br>
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and we should also consider: Do we really need this?<br>
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I suppose some people may find it useful.</blockquote><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I think a beginners list "no such thing as a silly question" is the answer.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Topic setting will be to complicated or unknown for some<br></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Or and advanced list for people who don't want to answer/see newb questions</div><br></div><div></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Or just don't give a crap Bruce.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">My whole "only ask advanced questions here" ethos has developed from you having a go at me for not searching the list archives.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">This thread has swung this way because you had a go at the poster of this mail.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Perhaps an introduction message could help. Or a bit of info on the emailing list sign up page to warn people that this is not just a beginners list but also has advanced users and is the list for gambas development itself.<br>That "silly" questions because you have not read the docs very well or searched through mail archives may return an annoyed answer for those who have answered the same question too many times.<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">To be clear, I do not care. I just joined this thread to help get a resolve here. I personally do not mind helping the newbs.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">BruceS</div><br></div></div></div>
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