[rollei_list] Re: "MIME encoding" (was: TEST, deciphered)

  • From: "Rob" <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:51:07 -0400

Richard Stallman is my hero!
Rob

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[mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Williams
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:14 PM
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Subject: [rollei_list] Re: "MIME encoding" (was: TEST, deciphered)

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,
kid
> > 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 work.
>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
screen.

I think folks who brag about emacs are showing off anyhow.


>Seriously, doesn't mimencode produce headers that allow other programs
>to decode its output?


Don Williams
La Jolla, CA

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