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Re: Font Outrage - Restore the Octal! [message #82268 is a reply to message #82267]

Sun, 25 November 2012 10:18

lefsky@gmail.com
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Registered: June 2010

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On Nov 25, 9:36 am, David Fanning <n...@idlcoyote.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I want to report a sneaky development I just discovered by
> the so-called "computer scientists" at ExelisVis that has
> the potential to undermine everything we hold dear about
> IDL. I refer, of course, to modifications in the IDL 8.2
> documentation that changes the reading of the font tables
> from octal to simple decimal numbers! What the ...!?
>
> Don't these people realize this is the only place left
> in the world where it is possible to still run into this
> endangered species? Removing these octal tables is an
> outrage and will impoverish untold generations of IDL
> programmers in the future. Not to mention making it easy
> for programming rift-raft to figure out how to get the
> font character they are looking for. What's the point
> of having experts now!?
>
> Please join me in signing the petition below to get the
> company to reverse this disastrous decision to make the
> font tables understandable. We need to restore
> the integrity and purpose of this IDL newsgroup to
> explain the obscure to the uninitiated. Anything less
> is completely unacceptable.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Coyote

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		Re: Font Outrage - Restore the Octal! By: David Fanning on Mon, 26 November 2012 06:31
		Re: Font Outrage - Restore the Octal! By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 26 November 2012 06:26
		Re: Font Outrage - Restore the Octal! By: Jeremy Bailin on Mon, 26 November 2012 06:14
		Re: Font Outrage - Restore the Octal! By: David Fanning on Sun, 25 November 2012 11:01
		Re: Font Outrage - Restore the Octal! By: lefsky@gmail.com on Sun, 25 November 2012 10:18

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