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Date:      Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:00:13 -0700
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING 
Message-ID:  <20040830220013.A33055D09@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:36:39 BST." <20040830213639.GJ36133@submonkey.net> 

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> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:36:39 +0100
> From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org
> 
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> On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 11:08:17PM +0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:
> > On Mon, 30.08.2004 at 09:31:06 -0700, David O'Brien wrote:

> > > > mergemasters is gross.  Have you ever tried to run it on an 80-column
> > > > display? I absolutely hate the "left" "right" stuff.  You push the "l"
> > > > with your right hand and the "r" with your left for crying out loud.

> > >
> > > LOL!!
> >
> > This is not funny. I myself have to think loud about which button to
> > press. 'r' is on the left keyboard side and 'l' is to the right.
> 
> Maybe you should hack yourself up a keymap to use while running
> mergemaster only.

Simpler to follow the old TV repair rule: Only use one hand. Much easier
and much less prone to "unpleasant" errors. Just a bit slower. For those
who type with only two fingers, it's barely a slowdown.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634



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