From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14732: Package dos-mode for ELPA Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:18:35 +0300 Message-ID: <834nb1ux6c.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83y59qb4xz.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375903167 22238 80.91.229.3 (7 Aug 2013 19:19:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 19:19:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, 14732@debbugs.gnu.org, arnima@hafro.is To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 07 21:19:28 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V79GT-0008Qa-PR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 21:19:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35264 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V79GT-0002Cb-BQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:19:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52761) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V79GG-00023b-2y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:19:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V79GA-0007Jg-Bf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:19:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51772) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V79GA-0007J6-9H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V79G9-0008P0-QX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:19:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:19:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14732 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 14732-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14732.137590312132257 (code B ref 14732); Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:19:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14732) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Aug 2013 19:18:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46088 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V79Fo-0008OD-JZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:18:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:50264) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V79Fk-0008Ns-I2 for 14732@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:18:38 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MR600E00DDQCV00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 14732@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:18:23 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MR600EKFDMM1I80@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:18:23 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:77050 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:11:31 -0400 > Cc: Arni Magnusson , 14732@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Of course, I suppose that if I try to add support (font-locking. > > mostly) for TCC, the proprietary command interpreter part of > > TakeCommand, I will be shoot down, even if CMD itself is not exactly > > free software... > > Right, support for DOS/Windows batch files is indeed borderline in > this respect. I considered it acceptable on the basis that the GPL > accepts linking with proprietary libraries as long as they are "part of > the basic OS" and I think cmd.exe also fits this description of "the > basic OS". Look at that this way: you don't support cmd, you support people who write batch files to build and run free software. > That same argument wouldn't work for TCC. Why does it work for csh, then?