Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:18:05 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING Message-ID: <20040831211805.GD25134@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net> References: <20040829213449.GA33843@hub.freebsd.org> <20040830135311.11040.qmail@web50603.mail.yahoo.com> <20040830163106.GA19044@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040830210817.GB749@galgenberg.net> <xzpu0uj901x.fsf@dwp.des.no> <DE9F7CE6-FB86-11D8-B6F3-003065A20588@mac.com> <20040831195329.GB21995@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <2F14AAB9-FB8B-11D8-B6F3-003065A20588@mac.com> <20040831203131.GA25134@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net>
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--OROCMA9jn6tkzFBc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 03:52:43PM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:31:31PM -0700 I heard the voice of > Brooks Davis, and lo! it spake thus: > >=20 > > I agree the current default is confusing and counterintuitive, at > > least at first. >=20 > I don't! >=20 > It's been a whole lotta years since I ever put any conscious thought > into which hand I'm using to type a letter. I just decide to type > that letter. 'l' for the left side, and 'r' for the right side make > perfect sense; it would never even occur to me to think about which > hand is being used. The problem I found the first couple times I used sdiff was that the letters are neumonic. Once I got over that, I've been quite happy with them. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --OROCMA9jn6tkzFBc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBNOsMXY6L6fI4GtQRAtMBAJ4yaAxz8bq69SLEChyXnQXpbqDZiACfQDrg Ad8pcnVqzGbmS0J3iKrWQ/4= =8HA7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OROCMA9jn6tkzFBc--
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