From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 21:17:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F31B16A4CE for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:17:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 529DE43D39 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:17:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i7VLI5ex004820; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:18:05 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id i7VLI5VO004819; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:18:05 -0700 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:18:05 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Message-ID: <20040831211805.GD25134@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20040829213449.GA33843@hub.freebsd.org> <20040830135311.11040.qmail@web50603.mail.yahoo.com> <20040830163106.GA19044@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040830210817.GB749@galgenberg.net> <20040831195329.GB21995@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <2F14AAB9-FB8B-11D8-B6F3-003065A20588@mac.com> <20040831203131.GA25134@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OROCMA9jn6tkzFBc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav cc: Charles Swiger cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:17:55 -0000 --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--