I was about to ask for clarification to [this question][1] (like someone else already did), but the answering advice that pops up when you click the text field for the answer says to avoid that:

>![answer pop-up][2]

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
  [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/zwMf2.png