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

[Steve]

> What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to do
> with Lisp, Janney?

Why do you say that?


> What does your recap have to do with Lisp, Janney?

I don't understand.


> What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to
> do with Lisp, Janney? Not hiding an open port from the Internet is
> an open invitation to hackers, Janney.

Maybe your life has something to do with this.


> What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to
> do with Lisp, Janney? How can you connect to the version repository
> to check files in and out if you aren't running the repo's server,
> Janney?

Is it because can me connect to the version repository to check files
in and out if I am not running the repo's server that you came to me?


> What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to
> do with Lisp, Janney? The version control client (used to check
> files in and out of the repo) needs a port to connect to, Janney.

What makes you believe repo might want to have this port to connect
to?


> What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to
> do with Lisp, Janney? The version control client (used to check
> files in and out of the repo) needs to know where to connect to,
> Janney.

How does it feel to want?


> What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to
> do with Lisp, Janney? Version control clients are generally shell
> commands, Janney, e.g. cvs and svn. IDEs like Eclipse and NetBeans
> may provide graphical front ends to common version control systems,
> Janney, but such IDEs are only applicable if you're using the
> version control system for its intended purpose of software
> development, Janney.

Does it bother you that such ides are only applicable if I am using
the version control system for its intended purpose of software
development?


> How ironic. Emacs has a steeper learning curve than any of the other
> software that's been discussed here, Janney; consequently, using emacs
> cannot possibly make any of these tasks easier.

Emacs?  Hah!  I would appreciate it if you would continue.


> What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to
> do with Lisp, Janney?

Perhaps your plans have something to do with this.


> So much for your claims regarding it not being a command-line tool, Janney.

Is it because of the people you hang around with that you are going
through all this?


> That a well-designed screwdriver might, in a pinch, be slammed into a
> nail to drive it in does not make it preferable to a hammer for that
> purpose, Janney.

Does the fact that a well designed screwdriver might in a pinch be
slammed into a nail to drive it in does not make it preferable to a
hammer for that purpose explain anything else?


> What does your classic erroneous presupposition have to do with Lisp,
> Janney?  I can imagine it just fine -- I just don't like the results I
> see when I imagine it.

What happened when you imagine it?


> Diffs that are gobbledygook when you try to check
> the history of your .doc files.

Is it because are gobbledygook when me try to check the history of my
doc files that you came to me?


> Awkward work at 80s-retro command line
> interfaces. The hellish experience of struggling with emacs's
> idiosyncrasies trying to get it to do anything useful.

What makes you believe that?


> Of such things are my nightmares composed, Janney -- I who can face
> the likes of Cthulhu with equanimity.

Earlier you said gobbledygook when me try to check the history of my
doc files?

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