Re: getting new members

["ahmad khalifa" <ahmadkhalifa at hotmail dot com>]

> I misunderstood you then.  Do please start a thread on this very topic on
> 'developer' list and let's get some attention on it.  Do please be direct
> and give some command-lines, etc.  In other words, make it easy for people
> to test things out (again, remember most don't even know what is involved
> and not everyone (or anyone for that matter) might have the solution to
> your problem(s) - that's where the research kicks-in).

well, thats what i did... i started a post on CUPS, asking if someone could 
confirm the no
printing issue...


> > my point here is... im new, i dont know anything, how am i supposed to
> > evaluate the Todo list and know what i can and cant do...
>
> I think that's the part where one is supposed to ask questions and get
> involved on what is needed/required, how can I help, etc.  Things you
> (and others) have done to come up to speed and get yourselves engaged.
> The welcome email (sent upon registration) notes this and stresses upon
> this fact, no ?

well, asking questions does not mean you get the answers...
http://lists.arabeyes.org/archives/general/2004/February/msg00084.html

> I think its all of the above.  In passing, shaping is self-explanatory
> once you look at a piece of code and now we have 2 - perl and C,

yes, i used VIM's code in PuTTy in a few hours...
all i need was some 1 to point me to the right way...

>   http://cvs.arabeyes.org/viewcvs/tools/shape_bidi/
>
> What other docs are missing and would you be willing to write some of
> 'em to fill the need(s) that you came across ?  Mind you 90% of our
> docs came about that way.

well, i was thinking of writing a tutorial, about shaping and BiDi, and all 
the stuff
i learned since i got here...
do i go ahead and write it and then show to u..? or show it to some1 
else..??
or does it need some kind of OK from Arabeyes in general...

> Feel free to tell us how best we can improve the entire process if
> you continue to see deficiencies (we are not defending anything
> beyond answering to the questions noted to start/continue a dialog).
> Evolution and change is a must in order to keep ourselves relevant
> as a project to cater to users' needs/wants.

> BTW: do please stick to 80-characters max on a line.

i do stick to 80 chars, but i use Hotmail, and there is no indicator of the 
80 thing,
so i do it by eyes...


ak...

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