On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Alan Horkan wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Nathan Hurst wrote:
Alan Horkan wrote:
...be far better if you used the ellipse icon that doesn't have a segment sliced out of it (because the ellipse tool in inkscape cannot draw shapes like that yet).
Bollocks. Do the tutorial.
I was only half joking when I said users dont read manuals. Users despise being told to RTFM.
Here is the manner in which I'd suggest handling user questions that are covered by documentation:
First, always be polite. It's just a good idea in general - when one of us is perceived as being rude it can give the project a bad rep in general. Plus, rudeness begets rudeness pretty quickly so extra politeness today can prevent flamewars in the future. ;-)
Second, if you find the questions irritating, let someone else give the answer. If you find user questions especially irritating, then make sure you're not on inkscape-user@...233... ;-)
Third, gently recommend the tutorial or other docs. Perhaps give some specifics of where to look. E.g., "I think this is mentioned about two-thirds of the way down on the tutorial page, in the section on Foo."
Finally, let's try to encourage user questions on inkscape-user@ instead of inkscape-devel@ by making it a good, friendly place for users to get the info they need, even if it's in the tutorial.
Bryce