From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: backup method Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:41:19 +0200 Message-ID: <01c504a8$Blat.v2.4$51b28d00@zahav.net.il> References: <20050127000210.GA6167@boetes.org> <01c5042e$Blat.v2.4$728a4c40@zahav.net.il> <20050127052734.GG6167@boetes.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1106855284 3523 80.91.229.6 (27 Jan 2005 19:48:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:48:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 27 20:47:57 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CuFcS-0000tN-00 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:47:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CuFop-0000wv-Gw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:00:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CuFoN-0000kl-7Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:00:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CuFoJ-0000ih-6f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:00:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CuFoI-0000gb-Kn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:00:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CuFaL-0000RE-Q3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:45:46 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski (IGLD-83-130-211-151.inter.net.il [83.130.211.151]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.6-GR) with ESMTP id AJZ27321 (AUTH halo1); Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:45:29 +0200 (IST) Original-To: Han Boetes X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 2.4 In-reply-to: <20050127052734.GG6167@boetes.org> (message from Han Boetes on Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:27:12 +0100) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32589 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32589 > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:27:12 +0100 > From: Han Boetes > > > So you had a very specific problem, and you are suggesting to change > > the defaults of _all_ users just because of that one problem? > > You are absolutely right, that's exactly what I suggested. I also > suggest you make a study on rhetorical questions and I hope you > find out why you should avoid them. It wasn't clear to me that you understood it was a rhetorical question. As long as we agree that your suggestion is based on a specific problem of a single user, I'm happy, since your arrogant attitude suggests that we have little hope of having a useful discussion.