[Pan-users] Re: Re: [OT] Pan Docs 070101

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 21:18:07 + Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because it /should/ be "toe the line". No, no. When you "tow the line" you join the team pulling narrowboats along the British canal system on the towpath (note, not the "toe path"). The "navvies" (or navigators), the pe

[Pan-users] Re: An issue (can't remove task), and a question (edit scoring rules)

Geoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:30:19 +: > The issue is that under both 119 and 120 (the only post 14.2's I have > run), I see fairly frequent failures to complete requests for new headers. > When I open the "Tasks" dialogue I see t

[Pan-users] Re: [OT] Pan Docs 070101

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:18:07 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:51:54 + > Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Graham, > >> What's wrong with "tow the line"? Its been used in the UK since there > > Because it /should/ be "toe the line". I wouldn't step foot into this

Re: [Pan-users] Re: [OT] Pan Docs 070101

Graham wrote: On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:13:12 -0600 Tim Kynerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All of which is only the tip of a very large iceberg of linguistic irritation. ("Tow the line," for example, has been annoying me for years.) [snipped] What's wrong with "tow the line"? Its been u

Re: [Pan-users] Pan Docs 070107

Douglas Bollinger wrote: Another exciting installment of Pan Docs! http://doug.freeshell.org/files/pan_docs070107.tar.gz Now the tarball includes a HTML version of the docs. Check it out! I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your efforts in doing this. I can already see that I can l

Re: [Pan-users] Re: [OT] Pan Docs 070101

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:51:54 + Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Graham, > What's wrong with "tow the line"? Its been used in the UK since there Because it /should/ be "toe the line". -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immedi

[Pan-users] Re: [OT] Pan Docs 070101

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:13:12 -0600 Tim Kynerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All of which is only the tip of a very large iceberg of linguistic > irritation. ("Tow the line," for example, has been annoying me for > years.) [snipped] What's wrong with "tow the line"? Its been used in the UK since

Re: [Pan-users] Pan Docs 070107

Douglas Bollinger wrote: Managed to use "Usenet" and "the Usenet" in different places. LMAO! ___ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users

[Pan-users] An issue (can't remove task), and a question (edit scoring rules)

Hello World, I am freshly back in the beta loop and re-subscribed to this list after a long time running 14.2. I have one issue / bug to mention and one question (probably a stupid one) to ask. I don't run Gnome, but (obviously), I have the necessary libraries. The issue is that under both 119

[Pan-users] Pan Docs 070107

Another exciting installment of Pan Docs! http://doug.freeshell.org/files/pan_docs070107.tar.gz Now the tarball includes a HTML version of the docs. Check it out! Either load the raw xml file with yelp, "yelp pan.xml" or load the "index.html" file with your favorite web browser. As usual, feed

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Random order in "Cache Article" (0.120)

Duncan wrote: Per Hedeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:08:50 +0100: There was some discussion/complaints/bug-reporting about how new-pan saved articles in random order rather than first-to-last (or last-to-first:-). I didn't follow i

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

Duncan wrote: Tim Kynerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:13:12 -0600: All of which is only the tip of a very large iceberg of linguistic irritation. ("Tow the line," for example, has been annoying me for years.) The one that I sup

[Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

Tim Kynerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:13:12 -0600: > All of which is only the tip of a very large iceberg of linguistic > irritation. ("Tow the line," for example, has been annoying me for years.) The one that I suppose I deliberately st

RE: [Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] u.org] On Behalf Of Rhialto Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 05:12 To: pan-users@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101 > On Sun 07 Jan 2007 at 12:46:52 +, Mike wrote: >> On Sunday 07 Jan 2007 11:18, Dunc

[Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

Artur Jachacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:47:52 +: > You can go to Hmm... I guess I must have tried it without the www, as it didn't work when I tried it b4. Or maybe there was just something screwy with

[Pan-users] Re: Random order in "Cache Article" (0.120)

Per Hedeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:08:50 +0100: > There was some discussion/complaints/bug-reporting about how new-pan saved > articles in random order rather than first-to-last (or last-to-first:-). I > didn't follow it too closely,

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007, Tim Kynerd wrote: > All of which is only the tip of a very large iceberg of linguistic > irritation. ("Tow the line," for example, has been annoying me for > years.) > And there's a good collection of similar usages at http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ Robert -- Links and thin

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

Duncan wrote: Tim Kynerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:49:06 -0600: Unfortunately, the English language isn't even that consistent. Usenet is a medium, but we're not even consistent about how we refer to media. You watch TV, but you li

[Pan-users] Random order in "Cache Article" (0.120)

Hi, There was some discussion/complaints/bug-reporting about how new-pan saved articles in random order rather than first-to-last (or last-to-first:-). I didn't follow it too closely, but it seems to be fixed now - however the "Cache Article" function still processes articles in random order, whic

[Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:18:41 +, Duncan wrote: > Language Log (The URL's kinda weird, definitely not something easy to > remember, so be sure and bookmark it if you find it anywhere close to as > interesting as I do!): > > http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/ You can go to

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

Rhialto wrote: NONONONO! That word ("intranet") does not exist! It is a stupid invention of people who don't know the difference between "the Internet" and an "internet". I hate the stupid word. Really. As I remember it, there is a more or less official document about this, but I haven't found

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

On Sun 07 Jan 2007 at 12:46:52 +, Mike wrote: > On Sunday 07 Jan 2007 11:18, Duncan wrote: > > > either the Internet (the universal one), or the internet (as for instance > > the one linking the individual building networks on a campus). > > Wouldn't the latter be an intRAnet, as opposed to t

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

On Sunday 07 Jan 2007 11:18, Duncan wrote: > either the Internet (the universal one), or the internet (as for instance > the one linking the individual building networks on a campus). Wouldn't the latter be an intRAnet, as opposed to the intERnet? That's certainly how we referred to our IP based

[Pan-users] Re: Pan Docs 070101

Tim Kynerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:49:06 -0600: > Unfortunately, the English language isn't even that consistent. Usenet is > a medium, but we're not even consistent about how we refer to media. You > watch TV, but you listen to the ra

[Pan-users] Re: Formatting bug in 0.119

JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:50:40 -0800: > I start typing my text, opening the first line with a tab character, or a > suitable number of spaces. As I keep typing, on reaching the 80th column > my text is wrapped around to the next lin