From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:16:18 +0100 From: Martin Neubauer To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Samterm up down key patch Message-ID: <20061114141618.GD11151@shodan.homeunix.net> References: <13426df10611140525k68c31de1s525c816957352836@mail.gmail.com> <13426df10611140544i5d4d2928nea0d64cd955a3b38@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <13426df10611140544i5d4d2928nea0d64cd955a3b38@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Topicbox-Message-UUID: dea243e8-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 * ron minnich (rminnich@gmail.com) wrote: > >this is a goofy argument. i haven't seen "we've always done it this > >way" trotted out as an argument. perhaps i missed it. > > "If you change sam this way, it's inconsistent with rio and acme". > > reads to me like > "But it's always worked this way". I'm just questioning _gratuitious_ changes. One way to prevent those is to kick loose a discussion about them. (Side effects may include complete loss of focus on the subject at hand.) Martin