Re: Emacs and long file names

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com> writes:

> Jeffrey R. Carter expounded in news:htjfib$cdd$1@tornado.tornevall.net:
>
>> Adam Beneschan wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just kidding.  (Insert old joke with punchline "there's whiteout all
>>> over your screen" here.)  But while I think some people are able to
>>> cope without printouts, others sometimes need to have that piece of
>>> paper to look at.  Don't ask me why.
>> 
>> I recall a study that determined that people found more errors in code
>> when examining it on paper than on screen.
>
> I find in my day job, that large (mainframe) COBOL 
> programs are easier to debug in print form.  I know 
> it is considered "old school" by my co-workers, but
> I make a lot of use of those cross-reference listings
> in my analysis. 

I use cross-references with Ada as well. But Emacs knows how to use
them, so I just use C-c C-d to navigate the cross-references.

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-- Stephe