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Re: Something wrong with pickaxe?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jan 19, 2006, 03:29 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> For example, getting the tabs/spaces right is basically impossible with 
> normal cut-and-paste. I assume you do the above inside GNU emacs or some 
> similar special-purpose setup, rather than anything generic.

Ah, that is very very very true. Sometimes I cut and paste inside screen and find it annoying to see pasted tabs do not work properly, so I understand that issue very well.

But most of the time, I always work inside Emacs and rarely step out if ever. Thanks for making me realize that.

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Message 9 of 9 in “Something wrong with pickaxe?”
  1. Johannes SchindelinJan 18, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsJan 18, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2006
  4. Andreas EricssonJan 19, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2006
  6. Andreas EricssonJan 19, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2006
  8. Linus TorvaldsJan 19, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2006

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