From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: config problems and bisecting an org-mode configuration file Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:56:18 +0100 Message-ID: <87poehtgul.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: <87zidm10rz.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1496753834 18191 195.159.176.226 (6 Jun 2017 12:57:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 12:57:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Robert Thorpe Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 06 14:57:06 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dIE2j-0004Im-Tm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 14:57:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38287 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dIE2p-0002sf-36 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:57:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39367) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dIE2O-0002sX-KP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:56:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dIE2L-0004vS-E7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:56:44 -0400 Original-Received: from avasout01.plus.net ([84.93.230.227]:57713) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dIE2K-0004ut-Vn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:56:41 -0400 Original-Received: from london.london ([31.185.147.13]) by avasout01 with smtp id VQwb1v0020HaZcX01Qwcl2; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:56:36 +0100 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=YNnv8VOx c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=z1IzoifO1pmR3EmH2pbmig==:117 a=z1IzoifO1pmR3EmH2pbmig==:17 a=gXesyAyMAAAA:8 a=LlzXLoV6AAAA:8 a=iI7HsYTVAAAA:8 a=bAHfVwKlAAAA:8 a=CmabWPcTXMY6DLT7NGQA:9 a=NIRzn-TU_J1Vm0bZ:21 a=TaVXR-7fu70WN7AW:21 a=_LWfe8nj8ETTLAGckE4A:9 a=ONNS8QRKHyMA:10 a=rGO5ZcBSdlCoqyFaRu4N:22 a=diwpeB1DDhFXqWA7J4Up:22 a=KxyM1Xthmv57RbWRIpnN:22 a=fjrkRJ71zQ2jzMzczd-K:22 X-AUTH: skimble@:2500 In-Reply-To: <87zidm10rz.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> (Robert Thorpe's message of "Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:18:40 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 84.93.230.227 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113369 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Robert Thorpe writes: > When Emacs configs are small they're reasonably similar to configurations= for > other programs. > > However, when they grow they are essentially like programs. They're > software development problems in their own right. > > In that case I think it's useful to apply the methods of large-scale > software development. Version control, for example. > > Perhaps you do that though. Not quite in version control, although its backed up hourly, but as my config is in org-mode every block of code is timestamped when it was inserted or changed, so it is possible to navigate to specific modules either with Imenu, or the date. Thanks Sharon. =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts =3D https://www.drugfacts.org.uk=20=20 Debian 9.0, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1, org-mode 9.0.7 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEELSc/6QwVBIYugJDbNoGAGQr4g1sFAlk2pnIACgkQNoGAGQr4 g1sBzQ//RQYdJaHnc3pIV21MWmYeO6Wgh5N5SRgnkSr9p7G6v3RQs6+XYh9eyMIA m19U7g6nxZP8qJy23DnU4phaLHenYYv5sGbXkayjIi48FjrRz20OgqvHWYHGpRVx l6wpMYyxZ3doMqyt48FqEy1v8TZJdgNmXSJJ3p6PPbxq5oPg7Ld0TSGxHKR3mXiF zIUJH6EMwbALYhIEcHK8nQlRsfWYO0R5mHeTamdRlLOb0Sm7kLRmmqtVfZJ0Z+km se/NMfX7w/YKBPBTdHVdf5e/ZgvOvEYi5dDd6kANiM/TOwPcxnMN0hESz1O+TuKD OIXfmcsCNHYsl2ORqcSe1avXmAW/jYgccGCcJwl4mGK8X5hbQ8z/p1Ry1il1Vmrc vs50Zs86Z1hsH5TQFQPWXtii7DdHqBugV83TOl8Xt9VK7fsHzYkt51YBkYbEPsm1 3ovTVtUW7uDBYfFIrTNc9k80YIhqddrOKGLUZtkL5BZCZjkOrCRKVJYaLROLh4vB /fhnIhhXRBzDfJE+pCFMzwUYS0CdnjxXsiCrLfMF8pdzxp2EJA61Ol+yqxhA2/UU RhyRLM7xLAFDp4QF2p80X3hUq170RUrm6SLgG9u0MZgeAHHMsfStJkPRVjymh9zN bhLAs6/eZJpeXyNyVUFPnU38Mu6KK/0MyWKZ6BNykjgEVj0fbYw= =pmJv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--