I just don't see the advantage of long redundant path names.
They are user-visible in lines like
A
{arch}/emacs/emacs--monnier/emacs--monnier--0/address@hidden
treal.ca--first/patch-log/patch-12
How about a testimony from a convert. (If you don't like it, delete
it.) I
can't believe I've come to appreciate Tom's position on this, but I
have and
my reasoning is simple. I tend to have tons of buffers open in my
editor,
whether I am using vim or emacs. [Yes, I have and do use both. I
prefer
vim for regular editing and emacs for debugging. Heresy! :-)] Since
I have
been working with patched and unpatched versions of tla, I have found
it
necessary to plumb the depths of the {arch} and {archives} directories.
When doing so, I can immediately tell looking at the file listing in a
buffer what level of the directory structure I am viewing.
As an example, if I see the following in vim:
" Press ? for keyboard shortcuts
" Sorted by name (.bak,~,.o,.h,.info,.swp,.obj at end of list)
"=
/home/rdparker/src/tla-tutorial/,,run-tutorial-archive.1508/
{archives}/examp
le/
../
=meta-info/
hello-world/
tla/
emacs/
...