"Joseph Zeglinski" <JAZ### [at] rogerscom> wrote in message
news:3e598261@news.povray.org...
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> (1) I asked for HELP on the "Newusers" group, because I mistakenly thought it
> was meant for newbies on POVRAY, like myself. If that is the case, based on
> the replies, I am in the wrong group - is there a "tiny tots for POVRAY"
> group?
>

Look on the brightside - at least you didn't post to general. Hope we didn't
scare you off - hang around long enough and you will find the groups a valuable
source of help and information.

> (3) You have been wondering just what kind of a "dolt" ... you were being kind
> ... would dare ask such a stupid and simplistic answer from such an esteemed
> and areodite group of newbies(?), who would be so patient with a newcomer with
> his first post to the website, expecting someone equally new, to answer
> quickly, patiently, and simply - from what he had himself learned in his early
> days as a newbie.
>

Aw, you're being too hard on yourself (and us). You were just unlucky in that
you seemingly answered your own question - now if you'd posted "is there some
way of returning the number of letters in some text..."

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> (4) Finally ... no one actually took the effort to simply copy the strlen()
> syntax statement into a reply.
> And I thought everybody was so expert in such a simple task.
>

Oops... ;)

> structure, and how poorly the documentation in POVRAY is considered, by some.
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Poor, no, "intense", yes. Given the features of the Pov sdl, the documentation
is probably some of the best I've come across. It's us damn users who are the
problem.

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