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From: Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Emacs and long file names
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Stephen Leake expounded in news:82r5kwrxwv.fsf@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.

I can see that I need to re-acquaint myself with 
Gnu emacs. ;-)

Warren