Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Utterly painless arch?

[Bruce Stephens]

Andrew Suffield <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 10:13:42PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
>> I find the use of filenames starting with = (which must be escaped in
>> bash) and + (which confuses many editors) far more difficult and
>> annoying.
>
> Are there really editors other than elvis and nvi which are confused
> by filenames starting with a + ?

Yes.  Emacs, for one.  It may even be a defined convention somewhere
that `$EDITOR +<n> <file>' ought to go to line <n> of <file> in one's
favourite editor.