From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 01:21:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-1324bd27-a48b-4bb4-8ca0-9e0b8f28d9ef-1606609280974@3c-app-mailcom-bs11> (raw)
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> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 1:08 AM
> From: "Arthur Miller" <arthur.miller@live.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments
>
> Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:
>
> > Re-Writing is a basic tenet amongst writers, but not among programmers it seems.
> :-) Plagiators who can't come up with new ideas ;-)
I remember the time I copied A Farewell To Arms in its entirety on a typewriter
in order to learn about his writing style and how it feels to write a great
work.
> If Hemingway rewrote as much as programmers do, the old man would still
> be deciding which oars to choose for todays fishing.
You forgot about Stephen King. The man's a legend.
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2020-11-24 17:05 Auto Fill Comments Christopher Dimech
2020-11-24 19:42 ` daniela-spit
2020-11-24 19:52 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-24 20:02 ` daniela-spit
2020-11-24 20:53 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-25 0:56 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 4:40 ` Dante Catalfamo
2020-11-27 4:56 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 5:47 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-25 7:11 ` Robert Thorpe
2020-11-25 7:59 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 3:56 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 15:13 ` daniela-spit
2020-11-26 15:23 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 16:00 ` tomas
2020-11-26 17:22 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 17:35 ` daniela-spit
2020-11-26 18:27 ` tomas
2020-11-26 18:44 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 19:19 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 20:16 ` tomas
2020-11-26 20:29 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 20:44 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 21:14 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 21:51 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27 0:47 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 1:57 ` arthur miller
2020-11-27 2:20 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 3:04 ` arthur miller
2020-11-27 3:46 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 6:27 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 6:34 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 7:02 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 7:15 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 7:29 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 7:00 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 7:10 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 8:26 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 13:26 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 7:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27 2:15 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27 2:41 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 3:21 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27 5:47 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 6:06 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 6:21 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 6:27 ` Christopher Dimech
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2020-11-27 9:11 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 8:51 ` Arthur Miller
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2020-11-27 13:44 ` Jean Louis
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2020-11-27 19:03 ` Arthur Miller
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2020-11-27 21:40 ` Christopher Dimech
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2020-11-28 1:06 ` Jean Louis
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2020-11-28 15:58 ` Andy Moreton
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2020-11-30 22:14 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-30 22:26 ` tomas
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2020-11-30 23:44 ` Christopher Dimech
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2020-11-29 7:52 ` Yuri Khan
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2020-11-28 7:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
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