[oclug] Evolution problem

Shad Young shad at ascendant.ca
Mon Jun 16 16:21:08 EDT 2003


I am beginning to see the pattern. We see the good Doctor but twice a
year around the time of the  equinoxes. The he vanishes again to be
heard once more when the seasons change.

Shad


On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:03:27 -0400
"Francis J. A. Pinteric" <linuxdoctor at linux.ca> wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:39:10 -0400
> Scott Moynes <smoynes at nexus.carleton.ca> wrote:
> 
> > * Francis J. A. Pinteric (linuxdoctor at linux.ca) wrote:
> > > There are gross violations of the "simple tools" rule even in the
> > > Unix world.  Take emacs for one.  I've never been able to figure out
> > > what intriques people of that peace of bloatware.  I've always hated
> > > it because it's too complicated for the jobs I need to do.  But the
> > > thing that always gets to me is that it does not do tabs correctly. 
> > > It insists that spaces are what you want.  When I've taken over the
> > > world, after Bill Gates it will be the inventors of emacs
> > > that will be shot. :-)
> > > 
> > 
> > I'll avoid the bait but say you can turn the tabs-to-spaces
> > conversion. Of course, the default is utterly sane because tabs are
> > utterly evil.
> > 
> 
> LOL.  Then you must utterly hate Python.....  :->
> 


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