From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to insert a string every 2 characters Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:39:23 +0200 Message-ID: <8737z7yuf8.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <877fok7mar.fsf@members.fsf.org> <874mjola7w.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <87wpwj6844.fsf@members.fsf.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1440534721 31653 80.91.229.3 (25 Aug 2015 20:32:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:32:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 25 22:31:52 2015 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 1ZUKso-0005Pg-6L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:31:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34417 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUKsn-0000Eh-Fg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:31:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57559) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUKsd-0000EN-3X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:31:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUKsZ-00041s-PB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:31:39 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:44483) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUKsZ-00041m-Ix for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:31:35 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZUKsX-0005BS-AJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:31:33 +0200 Original-Received: from nl106-137-244.student.uu.se ([130.243.137.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:31:33 +0200 Original-Received: from embe8573 by nl106-137-244.student.uu.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:31:33 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 36 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nl106-137-244.student.uu.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:B7o0FmuVBEahvtJxR1L6boPp71o= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:106838 Archived-At: Nicolas Richard writes: >> Act like you are stressed and not too smart, and >> that is exactly what you will become. > > It is too late for me, it seems, because I can't > figure out what you're trying to tell me. You said something to the extent that keyboard macros are quick and not too smart. I assumed you mean advanced or powerful by "smart", and that those methods (the smart ones) aren't as quick. Of course, no one is telling nobody not to use keyboard macros - only, thinking like that isn't good. If you care about time, doing technology isn't a good thing to begin with. Actually it sucks. Anyone who has done physical work (e.g., digging trenches or whatever) knows that the perception of time is very disadvantageous when doing computer work. You can fiddle with some detail and suddenly two, three hours have gone by! That never happens when digging, for sure. As for doing the not too smart thing, doing the smart thing might require more time the first couple of times doing it, but eventually it is quicker, tho again if you care about time, just throw the computer into the wall and be done with it. The last aspect is what you do is what you become. Don't look for quick and not too smart ways to do things, if that isn't what you want to be. Instead, look for the most powerful way and then to hell with time. This makes for relaxed and skilled people. I'm not saying this to you in particular. But regardless of whatever, that is the way it works. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573