Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:31:08 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: utisoft@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date representation as YY/DDD or YYYY/DDD Message-ID: <a9f4a3860906051331u543ee7f7sa1b1b0af160a6da7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0906051323s64a89fe2x134290524b633978@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906040113270.28607@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <200906050924.23167.kirk@strauser.com> <b79ecaef0906050950m53fda524i5652f57b1ac389ad@mail.gmail.com> <200906051208.43135.kirk@strauser.com> <b79ecaef0906051323s64a89fe2x134290524b633978@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 13:23, Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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 to= pic? >> >> Not that I know of. =C2=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. =C2=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? At a guess? Probably because it allows more options for the command line, and more easily read options, too. Kurt
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