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Re: Thinking about changed buffers


From: John Wiegley
Subject: Re: Thinking about changed buffers
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:26:35 -0700
User-agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.1.50 (darwin)

>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:

> I think it's a psychological issue. If you've accepted doing convoluted
> things for years because your favourite tool lacks obvious functionality,
> then it's quite common to feel that that should never be fixed. Because
> fixing the problem would mean accepting that you've done silly things for
> years as a work around, and the obvious fix becomes a personal insult,
> almost.

I think the first part is certainly true. I've become so used to a silly
command sequence that I see nothing wrong it; but if I had to explain it to
someone else, there would be some shame. :)

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