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: [solved] Re: How to uninstall Emacs? Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:42:20 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87iocrx0ar.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87fv88q4t5.fsf@debian.uxu> <87sic6stcg.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <20150411125610231765777@bob.proulx.com> <87lhhx7f6s.fsf@gmail.com> <874mojtxx5.fsf@debian.uxu> <20150415152734176578287@bob.proulx.com> <87twwgaxrm.fsf@gmail.com> <87y4lrk7ev.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429479622 18276 80.91.229.3 (19 Apr 2015 21:40:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 21:40:22 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 19 23:40:17 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 1Yjwwr-00033l-2B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:40:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51109 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjwwq-0005Ed-3Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:40:16 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 49 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:+IzJfn16O1PRIFCLp12+RUAUo6g= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:211577 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:103858 Archived-At: Bob Proulx writes: > Such a journey log would be useful. Many people keep > blog of their experiences to share with others. > I have benefited greatly from those blogs and love > to read them. > > However I was thinking of something slightly > different for this. For example let me pick > a section of active Sid time from my Sid system log. > > 2013-10-15 Nasty bug. If using straight /dev/mdX > then the system is unbootable. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=726237 > ... Yes, it is very good idea and doesn't conflict with "my" idea, which is to make tools out of tools as you go along: aliases, shell functions, Emacs defuns, and possibly other things as well. But I also believe in writing as a way to support memory and enhance understanding. That is one (of many) reasons I write here, actually. It is just your idea conflicts with my personality. As soon as I solve a problem, a want a new problem to solve, instead of describing what just happened, i.e what is in the past already. That is why the "tool out of tools" approach fits me better because that is self-documenting, and instantly so: at the moment of "solvation" the tool-out-of-tools that did it is already in some init file, so you're ready to move on. It is like the islands of the Pacific ocean. When Europeans come to those islands and put the natives to work the Europeans are so impressed by their work habits and skills they give them cigarettes for a month in advance. However, the very next day the natives come back all dizzy, green faced. They live too much in the moment for that kind of system. The Europeans realize they should only give them two cigarettes every day when work concludes (along with other goods, of course). You know what I'm saying? I'm the same way. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573