From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,82dadb8a32a5cd0b X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Emacs and long file names References: <755de929-67b4-4de6-8982-a0bfc43effc0@z15g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <82y6f88ztj.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <82vdab5d4l.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <85af303a-a6f2-40c7-b64e-8da565df3b4f@u3g2000prl.googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 08:52:32 -0400 Message-ID: <82r5kwrxwv.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KgLtpUdg/ujF8w8lCthnLVgFXXs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: 7a0614bffbc9ae197caa723681 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:12121 Date: 2010-05-28T08:52:32-04:00 List-Id: Warren 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. -- -- Stephe