Re: reddit (was: Re: ediff question ...)

[Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>]

2015-05-02 20:09 GMT+01:00 Emanuel Berg

>> There are some new things that do things that just
>> aren't offered by old things. They're just
>> different. These are almost always worth
>> checking out.
>
> If I'm unaware of the "problems", they don't really
> qualify as problems, do they?
>
> Trust me, I can identify a bottleneck when I see it
> and I don't need new software makers to help me
> detect them.

I disagree that one can /always/ identify all bottlenecks, but I agree
that the number of bottlenecks you don't identify tends to decrease as
we become more experienced. So yes, I guess I mostly agree. :)

>> I don't mean an upgraded major mode with more
>> features, or a new completion method (God knows how
>> many of those we have around). I mean things like
>> expand-region, Magit, or sx.
>
> OK then, what do they do?

I'm really not here to advocate and advertise, you can Google them if
you're curious (or not, I won't mind ;-). I was just trying to
exemplify that some packages are not about “being better than the old
thing”.

>> I'm curious as to what you mean by radical steps?
>> Is that referring to adding Melpa/Marmalade to
>> your archives?
>
> No, the radical steps would be to hunt packs as a way
> of solving problems instead of just using the old
> tools that have solved thousands of problems and
> continue to do so every day of the week, tools that
> are tweaked and adopted and have stood the test
> of time.

I see. Thanks for clarifying.