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> 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>
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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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