[Gllug] Odd laptop resolutions and Xorg

Matthew King matthew.king at monnsta.net
Wed Apr 29 08:23:10 UTC 2009


Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> writes:

> defaults should be fine (modulo endless flamewars about the DontZap
> option, which some few people would have us believe is critical to
> disable as zapping your X server without warning is used by everyone on
> Earth on a daily basis, and only a conspiracy of Emacs users would think
> otherwise. When several X developers point out that they think the zap
> key is harmful and they use vi, they're promptly accused of being
> closeted Emacs users! Ridiculous...)

I sometimes zap X to get it out of a hard loop (which happens sometimes
because I run an unstable distribution), but mostly it serves as a slap
around the face to remind me not to just hit the keyboard without thinking.

I also use both emacs and vi (real vi), so what does that make me?

Matthew

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