Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING

From: Sam Lawrance (boris_at_brooknet.com.au)
Date: 08/31/04

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To: "Lars Erik Gullerud" <lerik@nolink.net>

    > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:
    >
    >> On Mon, 30.08.2004 at 09:31:06 -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
    >> > > mergemasters is gross. Have you ever tried to run it on an
    >> 80-column display?
    >> > > I absolutely hate the "left" "right" stuff. You push the "l" with
    >> your right
    >> > > hand and the "r" with your left for crying out loud.
    >> >
    >> > LOL!!
    >>
    >> This is not funny. I myself have to think loud about which button to
    >> press. 'r' is on the left keyboard side and 'l' is to the right.
    >
    > I second the "don't laugh" - you have no idea how many times I have to
    > select "redo the merge" when upgrading servers usually during a
    > late-night maintenance window, with a brain only functioning due to
    > large amounts of caffeine in the bloodstream...
    >
    > (Not that I have any suggestions for other keys to use, mind you - but
    > the mind's wiring does have a problem with getting used to pressing a
    > key with the left hand to select the right side of the screen and
    > vice versa...)

    I think it would be nice if the 'merge then edit' command merged entire
    files at once instead of just parts, cvs conflict style.

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