Re: Emacs and long file names

[Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>]

On May 26, 12:35 am, Stephen Leake <stephen_le...@stephe-leake.org>
wrote:

> > I'll also think about your suggestion to allow myself a wider screen.
> > I think my reluctance has been a throwback to the old days when a lot
> > of printouts
>
> "printout"? what's a "printout"? :). Save a tree, and the fossil fuel
> needed to transport it, and/or the harsh chemicals used to recycle it.
> Electrons are recyclable; most other stuff really isn't.

Tried that.  My problem was that I found out that if I tried to mark a
line of source with a highlighter, the highlighting didn't move when I
scrolled the text.  Plus it was kind of nasty trying to clean the ink
off my monitor screen.  :) :) :)

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.

                                  -- Adam