Re: What's your favourite *under_publicized* editing feature ofEmacs?

[Cthun]

On 28/02/2011 3:04 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
> Cthun<cthun_117@qmail.net.au>  writes:
>
> > On 28/02/2011 4:53 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> > > Stefan Monnier<monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>   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?