Bugs should be reported to mc-devel at gnome.org

[Pavel Tsekov]

Btw., please, keep MC related talk on list - do not address it to
my personal mailbox.

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Pavel Tsekov wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Jeremy Dawson wrote:
>
>> Pavel Tsekov wrote:
>>> On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Jeremy Dawson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I appear to have started this ghastly program by hitting some key
>>>> accidentally on my keyboard.
>>> 
>>> So, you decided to share with the whole world...
>>> 
>> No, I emailed to precisely the address given on the Linux man page;
>> if the address was inappropriate, don't blame me.  If the address was
>> appropriate and you don't like receiving such email you should get yourself 
>> off the list anyway.  Which would probably be a good idea (see below).
>
> I don't understand how what you describe qulifies as a problem or a bug ?
>
>>>> A menu suggested typing 1 for help.  I did this. A screen came up with
>>>> some information, which did not include either how to quit the program
>>>> or indeed how to get out of the help screen.
>>> 
>>> You must have been living under a rock if you have no idea how to use
>>> a Norton Commander clone. 
>> 
>> Not so - we don't all use the same software you do
>> 
>> Anyway, it's not that hard - you just have to
>>> look at the last line of your screen - a list of useful shortcuts is
>>> presented to you.
>>> 
>> As I recall, before I entered the help screen (there was a list of 8 
>> shortcuts, including help, but not including quit).
>> Once I'd entered the help screen there was a list of 3 shortcuts, none of 
>> them relevant
>
> If you don't believe me you could start the program again and see for 
> yourself. Look at the lower right corner of the screen.
>
>>> [cut some random crap]
>>> 
>>>> It would be nice if software as intrusive as this was made a little more
>>>>  user-friendly.
>>> 
>>> It would be nice if the device between the computer moniter and the
>>> chair could actually think.
>>> 
>> You're not only too stupid to realise that the rest of the world can't 
>> guess what you know, have been taught, learnt from using Norton Commander, 
>> or whatever, but you're too nasty to be willing to think of it from the 
>> user's perspective
>
> I don't tolerate ignorant people.
>