No. But everyone knows something about a particular area and at times likes to talk about it. Kind of like when the conversation start getting into things like Porsche engine design, 8-cylinder motorcycles, etc. As for me, I like the single malt and rollei conversations, both of which seem absent as of late. Peter K On 4/27/05, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Peter, >=20 > Does all this jargon help computer idiots such as me? >=20 > Jerry >=20 > "Peter K." wrote: >=20 > > Ahhh, the Unix folks have arrived. There goes the neighborhood. :-) > > > > On 4/27/05, Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > At 02:09 PM 4/27/2005, you wrote: > > > >% munpack outfile > > > >Did not find anything to unpack from outfile > > > > > > > >% > > > > > > > > > Ahem.. you don't use unix or linux ? never heard about emacs ? eh= , ki=3D > > d > > > > > me not : is this REALLY possible ? > > > > > > > >It is REALLY possible, but not true in this case. My normal OS is > > > >OpenBSD, although I use a couple of SCO OSR5 and AIX machines at wor= k. > > > >My only experience with emacs was with Microsoft's "me" editor quite= a > > > >while ago. Life's too short to bother with emacs! Vivat vi! > > > Try vedit instead. It is vi with a status line at the bottom of the = scre=3D > > en. > > >=3D20 > > > I think folks who brag about emacs are showing off anyhow. > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > >Seriously, doesn't mimencode produce headers that allow other progra= ms > > > >to decode its output? > > >=3D20 > > > Don Williams > > > La Jolla, CA > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > > --=3D20 > > Peter K > > =3DD3=3DBF=3DD5=3DAC >=20 >=20 --=20 Peter K =D3=BF=D5=AC