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In article <uvghn9qrq.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake says...
>One problem with doing a different distribution of Emacs is you get
>into arguments about what should be turned on by default. For example,
>the "column of files on the side with + boxes" is provided by
>speedbar. I don't use it, because I have better uses for the screen
>space, and I like the other navigation mechanisms (goto body, goto

Same here. I setup my system so that I can keep >80 columns of two buffers
side-by-side for reference purposes. I wouldn't have room for a speedbar, and
frankly get by fine without it. I think I could live if my emacs came with it by
default and I had to disable it, though.

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