I have a problem with Kmail that is allegedly solved in KDE 3.5.2. Is
there a Slack package for KDE 3.5.2?
I can't seem to find it. I run Slack Current.

John Culleton

On Mon, 08 May 2006 05:29:41 -0700, john@wexfordpress.com wrote:

> I have a problem with Kmail that is allegedly solved in KDE 3.5.2. Is
> there a Slack package for KDE 3.5.2?
> I can't seem to find it. I run Slack Current.

You run -current, but can't use a proper newsreader?

Sorry, I don't help idiots who post from Google Groups.

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john@wexfordpress.com wrote:

> I have a problem with Kmail that is allegedly solved in KDE 3.5.2. Is
> there a Slack package for KDE 3.5.2?
> I can't seem to find it. I run Slack Current.

check any slackware mirror. kde 3.5.2 has been in -current for awhile.

On Monday 08 May 2006 13:29 john@wexfordpress.com, wrote:

> I have a problem with Kmail that is allegedly solved in KDE 3.5.2. Is
> there a Slack package for KDE 3.5.2?
> I can't seem to find it. I run Slack Current.
>

It's part of this package:
kdepim-3.5.2-i486-1.tgz
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Dan C wrote:

> You run -current, but can't use a proper newsreader?
>
> Sorry, I don't help idiots who post from Google Groups.
>

Oh my goodness. Dan, you really screwed up this time.

John Culleton and I are long time (to be polite) acquaintances in the book
publishing industry and while he is stubborn and sometimes intractable,
believe me he is not an idiot (your words).

He knows more about Slackware and Linux than all of the dog-pack put
together and has worked tirelessly to promote Linux (and Slack) in the
book-pub industry.

He's a well-known and creative book-interior designer (only one on the
planet I know who uses TeX), he is a co-sysop/admin on the largest
publishing listserv in the USA, has given countless hours of his time
helping people succeed as publishers, and has written hundreds of posts
over the years 'cajoling' people to take a look at Linux as an alternative
to Win or the Mac.

John and I have our 'political differences' in the industry, but he deserves
more (ok, at least as much) respect from the dog-pack as anyone here
because he really DOES something for the Linux community by being a vocal
and WELL RESPECTED and highly regarded spokesperson for it in the book
publishing business.

John is a major Slack user.... probably (my guess) from version 1.0 You owe
John a apology, Dan because you really fucked up this time... not that I'm
surprised.

anc

On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:49:52 +0000, ANC wrote:

>> You run -current, but can't use a proper newsreader?
>> Sorry, I don't help idiots who post from Google Groups.

> John Culleton and I are long time (to be polite) acquaintances in the
> book publishing industry and while he is stubborn and sometimes
> intractable, believe me he is not an idiot (your words).

I don't believe much of anything you say. In fact, you saying he is not
an idiot pretty much confirms it.

> He knows more about Slackware and Linux than all of the dog-pack put
> together and has worked tirelessly to promote Linux (and Slack) in the
> book-pub industry.

You don't have any idea how much he (or anyone else around here) knows
about Slackware and Linux.

> He's a well-known and creative book-interior designer (only one on the
> planet I know who uses TeX), he is a co-sysop/admin on the largest
> publishing listserv in the USA, has given countless hours of his time
> helping people succeed as publishers, and has written hundreds of posts
> over the years 'cajoling' people to take a look at Linux as an
> alternative to Win or the Mac.

That's nice, however irrelavent it may be.

> John and I have our 'political differences' in the industry, but he
> deserves more (ok, at least as much) respect from the dog-pack as anyone
> here because he really DOES something for the Linux community by being a
> vocal and WELL RESPECTED and highly regarded spokesperson for it in the
> book publishing business.

....Yawn...

> John is a major Slack user.... probably (my guess) from version 1.0 You
> owe John a apology, Dan because you really fucked up this time... not
> that I'm surprised.

I don't owe him shit. The fact remains that he posts from GG, which is a
*certain* sign of an idiot, whether you like or agree with it. Smeg off.

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Thanks for a helpful reply. I am neither as dumb as Dan C alleges nor
as brilliant as ANC
suggests. I am just a working Slackware user who is trying to get the
job done with some help from my friends. I have a newsreader of course
(Knode) but it lacks the facilities of the Google online facility.
Hence I use Google not from ignorance but from preference.

"john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> writes:

> Thanks for a helpful reply. I am neither as dumb as Dan C alleges nor
> as brilliant as ANC
> suggests. I am just a working Slackware user who is trying to get the
> job done with some help from my friends. I have a newsreader of course
> (Knode) but it lacks the facilities of the Google online facility.
> Hence I use Google not from ignorance but from preference.

Everyone has the right to use the news client of choice, of course,
but what possible advantages can Google provide that a good news
client cannot? In the above short paragraph alone, I see two
problems. You have no attributes to the post you are replying to.
Who is it? Dan or A-B? Please, if you are going to use Google,
enable the function that includes text from previous post and trim
accordingly. And, Google software apparently has poor line wrap
and/or formating abilities or maybe you just hit the CR too soon. I
know full well Knode can to better than that. The only advantage
Google can offer is, it's free.

nb

notbob wrote:

> ... The only advantage Google can offer is, it's free.

As are, to the best of my knowledge, Knode, Slrn, Tin, Trn, and any
number of other news reading clients which normally don't exhibit the
faults you've pointed out from the OP's post from Google.

Still, a conscious decision to use Google does suggest that he isn't
using it out of ignorance, nor is the OP required to justify his
decision to us here.

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