From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: config problems and bisecting an org-mode configuration file Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:18:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87zidm10rz.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <87y3t75z7t.fsf@skimble.plus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1496704854 29480 195.159.176.226 (5 Jun 2017 23:20:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 23:20:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Sharon Kimble Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 06 01:20:51 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 1dI1Io-0007Pp-2Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 01:20:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35516 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dI1It-0000tx-7T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:20:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44261) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dI1Gu-000056-LL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:18:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dI1Gq-0003Jo-No for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:18:52 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp08.blacknight.com ([46.22.139.13]:47770) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dI1Gq-0003Ir-HU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:18:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail04.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.17]) by outbound-smtp08.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13A5D1C3352 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 00:18:41 +0100 (IST) Original-Received: (qmail 27964 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2017 23:18:41 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[51.37.118.215]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 5 Jun 2017 23:18:40 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87y3t75z7t.fsf@skimble.plus.com> (message from Sharon Kimble on Sun, 04 Jun 2017 20:28:54 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 46.22.139.13 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:113363 Archived-At: 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. BR, Robert Thorpe