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Date:      Fri, 5 Jun 2009 21:23:06 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com>
To:        Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Date representation as YY/DDD or YYYY/DDD
Message-ID:  <b79ecaef0906051323s64a89fe2x134290524b633978@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200906051208.43135.kirk@strauser.com>
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2009/6/5 Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>:
> On Friday 05 June 2009 11:50:58 am Chris Rees wrote:
>
>> Is there a 'quick' way to use emacs instead of info? Like info-emacs top=
ic?
>
> Not that I know of. =A0:-/
>
>> I've remembered why I hate the info browser so much; it reminds me of
>> the 'help' included with MS-DOS 6.22. Anyone remember that?
>
> Ouch. =A0You had to go there, didn't you?

I feel GNU is very similar in many ways to DOS, along with their
preference for 'long options'. Horrible. You end up with monstrosities
of commands.

Traditional:

% tar xzvf bluurgh.tgz

GNU recommended:

$ tar --extract --verbose --gunzip --file bluurgh.tgz

Seriously, why are long options encouraged?

Chris



--=20
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?



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