I was about to ask for clarification to [this][1] question (like someone else already did), but the answering advice that pops up says to avoid that. So if I'm not supposed to ask someone to elaborate etc., how to respond to this kind of question?
Just leave them to the abandoned void?


  [1]: http://askubuntu.com/questions/281008/i-am-sudo-but-cannot-edit-file-or-save-it