[oclug] GUI vs cmdline mail (was Top if my head sugestion for enhancment to GUI mailclients.)

[Francis J. A. Pinteric]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:26:30 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca> wrote:

> On 24/06/03 Francis J. A. Pinteric did speaketh:
> 
> > It invokes gpg directly via the GPGME library.  sylpheed can
> > remember you passcode for up to 24 hours (preferences
> > configuration). Sylpheed works on new style signatures. You should
> > not be using the deprecated inline signatures.
> 
>     Yeah, but sometimes we must interact with those using them. I wish
> it were otherwise. 
> 

Inform the sender what's what and tell him not to do it again.


> 
>     It'll be interesting to see the final result. I find that
> enforced-whitespace, and not, have their advantages and disadvantages.
>

For some strange reason, when I first encountered python syntax I was
immediately reminded of coding FORTRAN on punch cards where certain
elements of the programme had to begin at certain column numbers.


>
> I just try to use the right language for the task. 
> 

So do I.  However, human nature being what it is (ingrained stupidity),
they tend to want to grow and grow things in an attempt to turn once
useful tools into the "be all and the end all" of all apps. Perl leaps
to mind immediately.  As the manpage for`bash' admits, the first bug it
recognizes is that it's "too big and too slow."


>>>--fja->


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