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Re: How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up?


From: Xah Lee
Subject: Re: How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up?
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:54:18 -0700 (PDT)
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On Sep 19, 8:32 am, Eric S Fraga <ucec...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 2008-09-19, Xah Lee <x...@xahlee.org> wrote:
>
> > A: This attitude has plagued unix and computer geekers for decades. In
> > the early 1990s (DOS and unix), tech geekers would sneer at graphical
> > menus and mouse, with hordes of reasons how pure text interface, the
> > command line, and or keyboard operations are sufficient and superior
> > than graphical user interface or using a mouse. This seems ridiculous
> > today, but such voices are commonly seen all over newsgroups. (Since
>
> the reasons still stand and they are not ridiculous.

In argument, you can't just say something is ridiculous. You have to
give reasons.

Perhaps you think something is obvious. But in arguments, others might
think the opposite is obvious. That's why good argument needs explicit
reasons.

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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