tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628985022531866193.post4110957095943660899..comments2024-02-12T17:37:05.629+00:00Comments on The OldWood Thing: Copy-and-Paste Can Help Avoid Mistakes TooChris Oldwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183909440298909448noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628985022531866193.post-34540624142367477912015-03-04T18:47:56.383+00:002015-03-04T18:47:56.383+00:00What I want to use and what my client dictates we ...What I want to use and what my client dictates we use are really the same thing. Generally speaking you can substitute "SharePoint" for "Word" these days but the problems haven't gone away :-).<br /><br />In fact we used to have all our code and notes in a GitHub wiki done with Markdown. Then the source had to be moved to TFS and the wiki to SharePoint. Go figure...Chris Oldwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18183909440298909448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628985022531866193.post-82739678129033915252015-03-04T15:13:59.882+00:002015-03-04T15:13:59.882+00:00You're not using MS-Word anymore, but plaintex...You're not using MS-Word anymore, but plaintext with Markdown markup or similar, are you ;)<br /><br />cheers,<br />MartinMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053561344316162467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628985022531866193.post-65625722786492158812012-03-10T21:51:24.553+00:002012-03-10T21:51:24.553+00:00I found the only semi-reliable way of avoiding err...I found the only semi-reliable way of avoiding errors like this is by explicitly taking my fingers off the keyboard and just looking at the command; and that still goes wrong sometimes.<br /><br />Separating out write and look and commit steps seems to help a lot.<br /><br />I want a keyboard with a detachable return key that I can put somewhere just out of reach.Tim Barrasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325342890108970213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628985022531866193.post-73843659123622141742012-02-27T09:05:47.093+00:002012-02-27T09:05:47.093+00:00For filesystem paths, one can also drag those to a...For filesystem paths, one can also drag those to a cmd console. This seems not widely known.<br /><br />Cheers, MartinMartin Moenehttp://www.eld.leidenuniv.nl/~moene/noreply@blogger.com