From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Issues with emacs Date: 26 Jun 2012 20:13:07 GMT Message-ID: References: <87bokbb4zw.fsf@gnu.org> <83086e1d-d66a-4e0c-95a7-92d10a6de7e7@f8g2000pbf.googlegroups.com> <87r4t3krun.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340741719 16108 80.91.229.3 (26 Jun 2012 20:15:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:15:19 +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 Jun 26 22:15:16 2012 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 1SjcAK-0004a8-L1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:15:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57567 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SjcAK-0005Ky-EQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:15:12 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Trace: individual.net iWYIw2gpoYR0q9rrX+vJpQQN/TsjoqHmJp0LuDWfxff5fbzPue8TOlIiHmidrXQkzM Cancel-Lock: sha1:PEEaMuX0o3l7qmUXFSV9SWSPBHs= User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:193100 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:85494 Archived-At: On 2012-06-26, Ludwig, Mark wrote: > > Regarding bloat, an analogy: if all you ever need is one specific > knife blade, a Swiss Army Knife will seem to have a lot of bloat. You seen SAKs lately? Bloat is exactly what they have a lot of. I have two blades on my Champ that I didn't have a clue what they were intended for. I was even more dismayed when I finally did learn their purpose and decided they were still pretty much useless. That's bloat. ;) nb -- vi --the heart of evil! Support labeling GMOs