----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 09:47  28/2/01 +0100, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> >Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> At 04:42  23/2/01 +1100, Conor MacNeill wrote:
> >>>why?
> >>
> >> why not? ;)
> >
> >Because doing so would imply our default action is wrong?
>
> I think it is ;) I think default should be
>
> " -logger org.apache.tools.ant.NoBannerLogger -emacs"
>
> because that is what most people expect from other similar tools.

Well, that isn't really an argument, is it? I mean I could say that people
expect an arcane, tab-delimited syntax from similar tools. :-)

>
> >Don't think so, -emacs should be the exception IMHO.
>
> Possibly but it increases the effort required to develope ant udner
certain
> tools (emacs/vi/*edit).

We could compromise and use yet another environment variable - ANT_EMACS -
just for you, Pete.

Overall I'm -0 on changing. Thought I'd save anyone the trouble of
degrading a -1.

Conor


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