From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `set-variable' should use :set Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:15:53 -0400 Message-ID: <87lj5n36ti.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87d3r3qd44.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <871v7jqchc.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <033D7FA139144B03B1370B9E9C1113ED@us.oracle.com> <87bp6nklx2.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <823F3463F14A490A90A6075368296AC2@us.oracle.com> <4EEEE63344BB4696B708EE3C3A8BE349@us.oracle.com> <87vd4tjyz0.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287936997 5154 80.91.229.12 (24 Oct 2010 16:16:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:16:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" , Miles Bader , Drew Adams , Emacs-Devel devel To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 24 18:16:34 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PA3FE-0003oc-Sg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:16:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49971 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PA3FC-0000LS-TZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:16:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56886 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PA3F2-0000I0-9W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:16:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PA3F0-0005JE-Cl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:16:15 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po16.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.72]:56145) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PA3Ey-0005In-Ug; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:16:13 -0400 Original-Received: from furball (173-9-75-145-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.9.75.145]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po16.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o9OGG18Z026949 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:16:07 -0400 Original-Received: by furball (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9E8571607BF; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:15:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:47:47 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:132051 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero writes: > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 18:13, Drew Adams 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'm really interested in knowing whether I'm the only one who finds > this comment quite patronizing... The fishing analogy is hopelessly shopworn, anyway. I much prefer Terry Pratchet's version: "set a man on fire, and he is warm for the rest of his life."