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Re: [OT] Re: Bug#213897: ITP: libclass-dbi-abstractsearch-perl -- Abstract Class::DBI's SQL with SQL::Abstract



On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 08:49:25PM -0400, Joe Drew wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 18:06, Richard Braakman wrote:
> > > > It's::not::like::this::sort::of::jargon::is::difficult::to::understand,::or
> > > > ::that::writing::package::descriptions::which::rely::entirely::on::one's
> > > > ::understanding of::what::other::packages::do::is::uncommon.
> > > 
> > > I really hope you used sed or some workalike to accomplish that.
> > 
> > "workalike"?  sed is a workalike for the real editor.
> > 
> > :%s/ /::/g
> 
> For some reason, I had it in my mind that Branden used emacs, which
> spawned the 'workalike' comment. I have no evidence to back that up,
> though.
> 
> Emacs would be a good editor for the Overfiend, though.

I think he uses vim. Check the comments in some of the X scripts at
least:

 $ tail -n1 /etc/X11/Xsession
 # vim:ai:et:sts=2:sw=2:tw=80:

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