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On Sat, 24 May 2003 21:46:30 GMT, David Steuber wrote:

>> Thanks. Any special reason?

> Nerd humor.  I just can't imagine a gentle tropical breeze in
> Denmark.

Oh, dear.

A "koldfront" is a very common phenomenon in Denmark.

It's simply a metereological term, describing where areas of
(relative) cold and (relative) warm air meet - a "koldfront" is the
situation where the cold air is pushing away the warm air.

The opposite then is a "varmfront", where the warm air is pushing the
cold air away.

(I chose the name because I though it would be funny when the
secretary[1] in my megacorp.[2] answered the phone, shouting "KOLD
FRONT!" (in the tone of voice a fanatic might should 'Red Front', at
some point in time)).

>> The intent is that programs do not change this value, but users
>> may.

[...]

> Hmm.  Doesn't a constant variable sound a bit, well, contradictory?

Indeed.

On the other hand, it would be very handy for me to be able to do so,
so I guess I chose to read the documentation the way that suited what
I wanted to do.

Given your voice of reason, I'm convinced that the documenter meant
"but the users may change the value in the source." Which is exactly
what I don't want to do.

[...]

> Most people I know use Vi or similar editor.  There was one person I
> knew who used emacs as his shell.  I think he was insane.

What's insane about using the shell in emacs? Don't you use the games
and the psychologist in emacs?

Most people I know use emacs. I told them to.

 :-),

  Adam

[1] No, I don't have a secretary.
[2] Haven't materialized either. Not working on it.

P.S. Veering off-topic here, better put a lid on it.

-- 
 "Från och med nu, så är 'så snart                            Adam Sjøgren
  som möjligt' 53 timmar!"                               asjo@koldfront.dk