With vague questions, it's hard to know if an OP needs a simple pointer or step-by-step guidance. From what I've seen in my short time here is that both kinds of answers are often posted. That's got to be the best situation for the OP's but can of course be bothersome for the others. As this site seems to openly welcome Newbies (eg, Anonymonks and Novices can participate), there will always be those who won't RTFM, check the FAQs, follow the Tutorials or use Super Search before they post. One way to look at it is that if the OP's could do that, there'd be a lot less traffic on this site. ;-) [I'll probably to get trashed for that last quip.]

As a side note, it seems that there were several unfortunate comments in that thread. I was especially struck by the harsh way that moritz was treated by the OP. [One could imagine a misunderstanding earlier in the thread but that's not the point here.] It's a shame that anyone needs to be anything but polite but PM still seems to be a very open and friendly place. It's good that TIMTOWTDI when it comes to answering even the most vague of questions.

In reply to Re: On answering stupid questions by igelkott
in thread On answering stupid questions by throop

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