From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: In defense of Customize [was: Trying to right-align my window on startup] Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:19:16 +0000 Message-ID: <87fvo6so2z.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> References: <3cec217d-8adb-4e6c-b239-eff0c8b520c9@googlegroups.com> <6hrwqhkjfv6.fsf@sap.com> <87zjmgosx7.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87wqhi4tns.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391015971 16616 80.91.229.3 (29 Jan 2014 17:19:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:19:31 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 29 18:19:38 2014 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 1W8Yna-0004ds-3A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:19:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44138 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W8YnZ-0002JI-Jz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:19:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W8YnK-0002Gk-V4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:19:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W8YnG-0001r2-9P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:19:22 -0500 Original-Received: from cheviot22.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.22]:52094) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W8YnG-0001qH-3J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:19:18 -0500 Original-Received: from smtpauth-vm.ncl.ac.uk ([10.8.233.129]) by cheviot22.ncl.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1W8YnF-0001Vx-Dk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:19:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost (jangai.ncl.ac.uk [10.66.67.223]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpauth-vm.ncl.ac.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s0THJGrd001401 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:19:17 GMT In-Reply-To: <87wqhi4tns.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:52:14 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 128.240.234.22 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:95757 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) writes: > It would be the same for me with several computers. The > only way I could make that work is to consider them not > shafts of a hub, but all independent. And I don't want > that because then the benefits from all the time spent > mastering *one* computer would be gone, and I would be > aware of that, and that would be frustrating. A computers a chunk of metal and is rarely something I consider beyond the key issue which is where it is. > But more importantly, I don't believe in the "always > on" productivity way of thinking. Like in trains, I > don't believe in having a laptop Again, depends on what you do with a laptop. If I am travelling for work, then I can use the time to work, or else I can listen to music and then ignore my family when I get home while I catch up with work. Easy decision. Phil