Re: config problems and bisecting an org-mode configuration file

[Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com>]

Robert Thorpe wrote:

> 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.

Yeah, I'm mean there is a silly perceived
hierarchy to it. One guy makes a lousy PC-game
no one ever plays and he makes a living out of
it, another guy writes Elisp and is rich at
heart... At some point you realize it doesn't
really matter, just live and do whatever
you want.

> 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.

I don't think Sharon does that but she could,
only from what we've heard it sounds more like
everything is tangled up. If so, rather that
continue with it until it breaks and then roll
back to a sound state and start pushing all
over again, I'd put my investment into breaking
it up into neat units of code so that for
example configuring org-mode won't break Gnus
article mode and even basic
Emacs functionality!

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