Re: Terminology question about remote branches.

From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Aug 5, 2007, 16:27 UTC
Message-ID: <86lkcqvtdx.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070805154801.GD28263@thunk.org>

>>>>> "Theodore" == Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> 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.

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