On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 03:43:15PM -0500, Chip Coldwell alleged: > On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > > > > IMHO, a /usr/bin/emacs script which does autodetection and looks in an > > ENV variable for a user defined preference is a cleaner interface for > > the user. > > Why is a script that checks a user-defined ENV variable preferable to > a user-defined shell alias? Shell aliases aren't exportable, so it only helps if the user defines an alias for the *correct* shell. Env vars export nicely down through any child processes. -- Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin University of Southern California
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