From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rustom Mody Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is Emacs very alive, active and improving? Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:56:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <878uy2b59p.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <9c485a2d-1e2a-4c38-b04a-db69db9b5bc2@googlegroups.com> <87r4btl8e5.fsf@zerg32.ncl.ac.uk> <87a9igcbht.fsf@zerg32.ncl.ac.uk> <20131012220155.GA20851@www> <8738o49kqv.fsf@zerg32.ncl.ac.uk> <87li1va56r.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87bo2qe83m.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1381899614 22648 80.91.229.3 (16 Oct 2013 05:00:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 05:00:14 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 16 07:00:18 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VWJDV-0007eB-NU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2013 07:00:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45392 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWJDV-00076Y-Cx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2013 01:00:17 -0400 X-Received: by 10.224.137.67 with SMTP id v3mr1758217qat.0.1381899406588; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:56:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.136.133 with SMTP id qa5mr571286igb.4.1381899406543; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:56:46 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!o2no7460707qas.0!news-out.google.com!9ni40949qaf.0!nntp.google.com!o2no7460692qas.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <87bo2qe83m.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=59.95.14.19; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 59.95.14.19 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 04:56:46 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:201766 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:94035 Archived-At: On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 11:20:28 PM UTC+5:30, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > Yes. And then you have to "re-learn" when you go back > (although that will be much faster). Again, you realize > I'm not talking learning as in intelligence etc., I'm > talking the, I don't know, mental-physical bound. Like > if you put your hand in the fire, you don't think "the > heat will disintegrate my hand, so I must save it by > removing it", instead the skin - I don't know exactly > how it works... the skins sends "fear" and pain to your > brain, which sends a command to get away from the source > of danger right away? >=20 >=20 > > If you look at a workbench of a wood craftsman you > > will find a variety of chisels, a variety of hammers, > > saws, planes, and other tools. There isn't a single > > tool that does everything best. It is often good to > > have a variety of tools available. Sometimes I have to drive a car with 'European' controls (wiper on left, li= ghts on right) and sometimes (less frequently) with American (wiper and lig= hts flipped). [And if I have a choice I'd rather walk or take the bus but thats a differe= nt question :-) ] Usually I manage the switch. However in the more demanding traffic I often = end up switching on the wipers when I wanted to show a turning light -- mu= tter an expletive and get on... So far there have been no serious mishaps, = but its not inconceivable that it could get worse. I can see and ideally agree with Emanuel -- use only the tool you are good = at. However I find I live in a world that does not always and exactly agree wit= h me and Ive to muddle on somehow or other.