From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: Terminology question about remote branches. Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:27:38 -0700 Message-ID: <86lkcqvtdx.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> References: <854pjfin68.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20070804092933.aaec6d52.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <85ejijgzzg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20070805100532.GG12507@coredump.intra.peff.net> <85172807-B7EB-47DD-813E-FAF5894E1190@zib.de> <20070805110200.GA18083@coredump.intra.peff.net> <85tzre8b4w.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20070805115208.GA19734@coredump.intra.peff.net> <85fy2y89kb.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20070805154801.GD28263@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Kastrup , Jeff King , git@vger.kernel.org To: Theodore Tso X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Aug 05 18:27:52 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IHixJ-0003a9-9H for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:27:49 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756115AbXHEQ1m (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 12:27:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756112AbXHEQ1l (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 12:27:41 -0400 Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([209.223.236.162]:12978 "EHLO blue.stonehenge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756847AbXHEQ1i (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 12:27:38 -0400 Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3C7DB1DE5A7; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:27:38 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.14.9.15; tzolkin = 2 Men; haab = 3 Yaxkin In-Reply-To: <20070805154801.GD28263@thunk.org> (Theodore Tso's message of "Sun, 5 Aug 2007 11:48:01 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Theodore" == Theodore Tso writes: Theodore> To use a GNU emacs example, consider M-x customize, which is this Theodore> huge, very fancy, *very* complex hierarchical mechanism with a Theodore> pointy-clicky interface for setting options. Most emacs experts Theodore> wouldn't use it, preferring to open code raw emacs-lisp settings in Theodore> their .emacs.el. If you ask an old-time emacs user how to set up Theodore> some specific feature setting via M-x customize, they might look at Theodore> you blankly, because it's not an interface they use much, if at all. I beg to differ. I *am* an old-time Emacs user, and I resisted customize when it first appeared, because *most* of the things still didn't use it. However, as of a year ago, I assessed that customize had gotten to "critical mass", and that 75% of my .emacs could be replaced by it. So I have, and it's made things simpler for me. So, it just has to be complete enough and flexible enough. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!