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Code Snippets / How hard is it for people to read instructions?

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IanM
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Posted: 1st Dec 2010 12:01
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Bloomin' impossible by the looks of it.

If your thread has disappeared, it's probably because I deleted it. If I deleted it, then it's probably because you...

DID NOT STATE THE VERSION OF DB YOU ARE USING!


Clear?

Please label with:
[DBP] for DBPro
[DBC] for DarkBasic Classic
[GDK] for DarkGDK

If you use plug-ins, then either list the plug-ins (or plug-in set), or add another tag [+Plugins] and list the plug-ins in your post.

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spudnick
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Posted: 6th Dec 2010 18:53
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so what are you saying then!



just couldn''t resist that.

Well said any way
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Phaelax
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Posted: 7th Dec 2010 06:57
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Why is it such a huge issue to display the version in the title?

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge..." ~Einstein
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 11th Dec 2010 14:50
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Quote: "Why is it such a huge issue to display the version in the title?"


It's an issue because we can't edit the title after we've posted - I often forget to add the version info till I see the list of threads by which time it's too late.

Reading instructions is not the problem - remembering to follow them BEFORE hitting the Post Message button is, for me at least.
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Sven B
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Posted: 11th Dec 2010 15:12 Edited at: 11th Dec 2010 15:13
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Quote: "Reading instructions is not the problem - remembering to follow them BEFORE hitting the Post Message button is, for me at least."


I second that.
I usually spend time writing the actual content. The title isn't that important so I often forget it. Perhaps something like in the Programming Talk board would come in handy. [edit] I meant the select box next to 'subject'.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 11th Dec 2010 16:15
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That sounds like a good idea, provided a dropdown box to select the language before you can submit.

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Posted: 11th Dec 2010 21:04
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I'd vote for that too. Over to you IanM.
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Neuro Fuzzy
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yeah, I would vote for that too. I agree that it's important to distinguish between dbp/dbc (I've tried to run dbc snippets, and spent a while wondering why it wasn't compiling w/ dbpro), but whenever I've posted something without [DBP] in the title, it's because I only remembered after I hit the "Post Message" button.

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IanM
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2010 12:37
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Examples that an automatic system would need to be able to duplicate in some way:
[DBP]+[Enhan Anim]+[Dark Data]
[DBP]+[Matrix1Utils]
[DBC][DBP][GDK]

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Hmm... just as a preventative measure, could you make it so any post without opening and closing right angle brackets would have a reminder error (Like the "PLEASE DON'T POST IN ALL CAPS LOL" message )

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