From: Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: 61325@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:50:31 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cz6k5njc.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y1p8cqqs.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:59:23 +0000")
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
> Please, do not use appeal to ridicule.
But that's the point.
Most people will find ridiculous that the following paragraph:
Other people use ``kill files'', but we here at Gnus Towers like
scoring better than killing, so we’d rather switch than fight. They
do something completely different as well, so sit up straight and pay
attention!
makes the subsequent four paragraphs describing score files less clear:
All articles have a default score (`gnus-summary-default-score'),
which is 0 by default. This score may be raised or lowered either
interactively or by score files. Articles that have a score lower
than `gnus-summary-mark-below' are marked as read.
Gnus will read any ``score files'' that apply to the current group
before generating the summary buffer.
There are several commands in the summary buffer that insert score
entries based on the current article. You can, for instance, ask Gnus
to lower or increase the score of all articles with a certain subject.
There are two sorts of scoring entries: Permanent and temporary.
Temporary score entries are self-expiring entries. Any entries that
are temporary and have not been used for, say, a week, will be removed
silently to help keep the sizes of the score files down.
similarly, most people will also agree that being written in English
does not prevent them from understanding Emacs documentation.
If you glance at the first paragraph, and decide to stop reading after
that, it is not a problem with the Gnus manual. It is a reading
comprehension problem on your part.
If you really find that the first paragraph impairs the clarity of the
next four, contextually independent, paragraphs, then you are part of a
very small demographic.
Several months ago, someone came up with the idea to delete all
amusements from Emacs, and move them to ELPA (or something along those
lines.)
Asking us to delete every joke that someone finds confusing is not far
from those lines, and is in fact a very slippery slope leading directly
to that proposal.
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2023-02-06 16:01 bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:20 ` dick
2023-02-12 6:11 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-06 16:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-06 16:38 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:42 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-06 17:04 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-18 13:59 ` Petteri Hintsanen
2023-02-19 10:43 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 5:18 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-06 17:23 ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-02-06 17:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 18:37 ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-02-06 18:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 2:04 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-07 11:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 12:36 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-07 13:01 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 14:03 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-07 14:43 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 15:10 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-07 16:15 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-08 1:28 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-08 11:40 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-02-08 11:59 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-08 12:50 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
2023-02-15 14:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-16 1:29 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-17 12:25 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-18 4:19 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-18 11:14 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 5:19 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-22 13:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-25 4:09 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 12:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-12 6:38 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-09 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-07 19:45 ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-02-07 19:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-09 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-07 14:15 ` dick
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2023-02-07 15:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-08 8:11 ` Michael Albinus
2023-02-08 12:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-08 12:59 ` Michael Albinus
2023-02-07 15:41 ` Akib Azmain Turja via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-09 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
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2023-02-12 4:03 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 4:46 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-12 6:46 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-15 14:47 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-16 1:27 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-17 12:38 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-17 5:22 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-19 4:50 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-19 5:04 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-22 4:33 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-22 6:02 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-26 2:59 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 13:06 ` dick
2023-02-08 15:35 ` Akib Azmain Turja via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-08 16:06 ` dick
2023-02-15 14:37 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-16 1:34 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-17 12:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-19 4:50 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-19 10:36 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-19 11:01 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-19 11:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-20 11:50 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 12:34 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-07 13:29 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-03-07 20:02 ` No Wayman
2023-03-07 20:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-19 12:24 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-02-19 13:05 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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2023-02-20 18:29 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-02-21 2:30 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-22 4:34 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-22 4:35 ` Richard Stallman
2023-03-07 13:48 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-03-08 0:22 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-08 14:05 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-03-09 1:14 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-10 4:25 ` Richard Stallman
2023-03-10 7:03 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-09 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2023-03-08 5:34 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-08 14:13 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-03-09 1:21 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-13 14:50 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-09 4:26 ` Richard Stallman
2023-03-10 11:33 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-03-10 12:06 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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2023-03-10 12:41 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-13 15:01 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-19 15:56 ` Drew Adams
2023-02-20 12:00 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 12:37 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-20 14:28 ` Michael Albinus
2023-02-20 14:34 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 17:01 ` Drew Adams
2023-02-20 11:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-27 3:26 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-19 5:07 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-18 4:19 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-19 10:25 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-02-12 6:32 ` Jean Louis
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2023-02-14 11:17 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-09 4:05 ` Sam James
2023-03-09 14:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
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2023-03-09 20:10 ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
2023-03-10 10:53 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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