From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Cthun Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What's your favourite *under_publicized* editing feature ofEmacs? Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:06:08 -0500 Organization: Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Message-ID: References: <87ei6zpbor.fsf@rapttech.com.au> <2p8vx4550z.fsf@shell.xmission.com> <87lj11dhm9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87pqqda3a4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87d3md89mh.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87pqqclc38.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87aahghqod.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298940067 8846 80.91.229.12 (1 Mar 2011 00:41:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:41:07 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 01 01:41:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PuDeA-0002yQ-4L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:41:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51682 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PuDe9-0005oR-I4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:41:01 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news-transit.tcx.org.uk!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs Original-Lines: 55 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 11btTy9dqAzpF76m3NmSCA.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu comp.lang.lisp:300093 gnu.emacs.help:185439 comp.emacs:101183 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:79590 Archived-At: On 28/02/2011 3:04 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > Cthun writes: > >> On 28/02/2011 4:53 AM, David Kastrup wrote: >>> Stefan Monnier writes: >>> >>>>>> With me, it nowadays usually involves a git repository. I used CVS >>>>>> previously, but that is less convenient. >>>>> You're insane. > > I should say _that_ would be an unsubstantiated claim. What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to do with Lisp, Kastrup? > Though being insane might have something to do with Lisp. What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to do with Lisp, Kastrup? It is well known that it is all-caps languages like COBOL and BASIC that cause brain damage, Kastrup. >>> I do this for work I do quite by myself (like theses and articles). >> >> How odd. > > Not at all. What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to do with Lisp, Kastrup? >>> Makes it much easier to keep track of work you do. >> >> What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to do >> with Lisp, Kastrup? Using version control software entails a lot of >> complex use of command-line tools to check out, copy, and check in >> files, Kastrup, > > That's why one uses a Lisp-based editor with version-control support > called Emacs to do the hard work. What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to do with Lisp, Kastrup? Using emacs entails even more complexity and difficulty, with even steeper learning curves, than using version control tools, Kastrup. >> and that's after scaling the software's learning curve. This hardly >> seems likely to be "much easier" than just using a word processor like >> normal folk, Kastrup. > > Your discussion style (or rather your apodictic statement style) does > not suggest that you would be able to speak for normal folk with > authority. What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to do with Lisp, Kastrup?