From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org>,
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: `set-variable' should use :set
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:31:30 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <811v7gn379.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinqnd6ScRqhTMnOKXTxg9EKdmYxEioK8qyDKFCi@mail.gmail.com> (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:47:47 +0200")
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 18:13, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> But it seems we both prefer, at least in some such trivial cases, to teach
>> fishing rather than grab the pole and pull an already caught fish on board. I
>> placed the fish firmly on the hook this time. It's really not difficult to reel
>> it in.
>>
>> What's missing is the will to do so, which apparently depends on agreement that
>> this fish is a worthy one. Or even a that it is truly a fish! Submitting
>> patches does no more good here than pointing out clearly what is wrong. Believe
>> me (or not).
>>
>
> I'm really interested in knowing whether I'm the only one who finds
> this comment quite patronizing...
>
I find the discussion unquestionably amusing and entertaining. Being new
to the list, I am overwhelmed (at times) by it's ground realities.
> (I'm not offended, so this is not a request for apologies, but a
> genuine question.)
>
> Juanma
A disillusioned visitor,
Jambunathan K.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-23 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-21 17:25 `set-variable' should use :set Drew Adams
2010-10-22 0:34 ` Miles Bader
2010-10-22 0:48 ` Miles Bader
2010-10-22 1:11 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-22 2:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-10-22 4:34 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-22 7:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-10-22 8:29 ` David Kastrup
2010-10-22 10:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-22 13:40 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-22 14:02 ` David Kastrup
2010-10-22 22:42 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-23 4:48 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-10-23 16:13 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-23 17:47 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-23 18:44 ` Glenn Morris
2010-10-23 19:01 ` Jambunathan K [this message]
2010-10-24 16:15 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-22 14:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-10-22 16:03 ` Drew Adams
2010-10-22 7:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-22 7:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-10-22 8:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-10-22 9:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
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