Re: Replying to posts

[Urs Liska]

Am 29.04.2016 um 12:28 schrieb Federico Bruni:
> Il giorno ven 29 apr 2016 alle 10:50, Simon Albrecht
> <address@hidden> ha scritto:
>> On 29.04.2016 10:11, Johan Vromans wrote:
>> >
>> >>    . Provide a minimal working example (or a minimal not-working
>> >>      example).  The stress lies on *minimal*.  This shows us that you
>> >>      have at least tried to look into the manual before asking.
>> >>
>> >>        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_Working_Example
>> > Do not include the example in the text, but attach it to the message.
>>
>> That’s not always sensible or necessary. If the e-mail is plain text
>> anyway, then there’s little problem with inline code.
>
> I think that inline minimal examples are much better:
>
> - you can easily comment its contents in the reply
> - in the archives they appear immediately and you can read them
> quickly instead of downloading .bin files
>

I think this needs some clarification:

Inserting *code* examples within the text is usually very good for
communication. I think the suggested ban on inline examples referred to
*images*