Corporate creep in Linux? (mini-rantette)
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From: Mike Jones on 13 Sep 2009 05:26 Responding to Glyn Millington: > notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> writes: > >> On 2009-09-12, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: >> >>> I've started dumping my notes into a single HTHDI (How The Hell Did >>> I...?) dir. >> >> I need to start doing that. One directory for all the hints, tips, >> configs, etc. I usually dump my primary dirs like /etc, /home, etc on >> a flash drive. It would be so much easier to put config notes for the >> more difficult stuff like emacs, camera, scanner, printer setup in one >> dir to save. I like the name. ;) > > You know how to automate this process in Emacs, nb? Heard of > remember.el? > > There is some good stuff here:- > > http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/01/13/capturing-notes-with-remember/ Hang on... We're talking about guys that sometimes can't figure out what the purpose of socks is in the morning and which way around pants are worn, and you think /Emacs/ is going to make life simpler and easier to remember? You write man pages for a hobby, don't you? ;) -- *===( http://www.400monkeys.com/God/ *===( http://principiadiscordia.com/ *===( http://www.slackware.com/
From: Loki Harfagr on 13 Sep 2009 06:14 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:26:03 +0000, Mike Jones did cat : > You write man pages for a hobby, don't you? ;) /modquote
From: notbob on 13 Sep 2009 08:56 On 2009-09-13, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: > We're talking about guys that sometimes can't figure out what the purpose > of socks is in the morning and which way around pants are worn, and you > think /Emacs/ is going to make life simpler and easier to remember? Hey! ...wait a minute. I do so know which hand to put my socks on. > You write man pages for a hobby, don't you? ;) lol....
From: notbob on 13 Sep 2009 08:58 On 2009-09-13, Loki Harfagr <l0k1(a)thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> wrote: >> You write man pages for a hobby, don't you? ;) > > /modquote agreed. btw, what happened to ol' what's his face? Ain't seen a modquote update in hawhile. nb
From: Glyn Millington on 13 Sep 2009 10:15
Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> writes: > Responding to Glyn Millington: > >> notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> writes: >> >>> On 2009-09-12, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: >>> >>>> I've started dumping my notes into a single HTHDI (How The Hell Did >>>> I...?) dir. >>> >>> I need to start doing that. One directory for all the hints, tips, >>> configs, etc. I usually dump my primary dirs like /etc, /home, etc on >>> a flash drive. It would be so much easier to put config notes for the >>> more difficult stuff like emacs, camera, scanner, printer setup in one >>> dir to save. I like the name. ;) >> >> You know how to automate this process in Emacs, nb? Heard of >> remember.el? >> >> There is some good stuff here:- >> >> http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/01/13/capturing-notes-with-remember/ > > > Hang on... > > We're talking about guys that sometimes can't figure out what the purpose > of socks is in the morning and which way around pants are worn, and you > think /Emacs/ is going to make life simpler and easier to remember? > > You write man pages for a hobby, don't you? ;) Lol - very good - but yes, Emacs with org mode and remember.el can help you remember to put your trousers on, and even which way round they go :-) It's that good! atb Glyn -- RTFM http://www.tldp.org/index.html GAFC http://slackbook.org/ The Official Source :-) STFW http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.os.linux.slackware JFGI http://jfgi.us/ |