From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, 61325@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:28:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1pPyXf-0004fg-HM@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zg9peijp.fsf@localhost> (message from Ihor Radchenko on Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:01:14 +0000)
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> The paragraph structure is basically:
> <technical description><joke><half joke, half technical description>
> Such structure is difficult to understand, especially if the joke itself
> is not understood.
Jokes which are hard for many readers to understand
can be frustrating for the readers who can't understand them.
So I think we should insist that jokes be comprehensible.
In other words, don't include jokes whose claim to funniness comes
from crucial links left unstated, stated vaguely, or replaced with
"wink, wink."
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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
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2023-02-07 16:15 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-02-08 11:40 ` Ihor Radchenko
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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 [this message]
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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
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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
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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
2023-02-19 13:45 ` Stefan Kangas
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
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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
2023-03-10 11:34 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-03-10 12:06 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-10 12:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
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
2023-02-15 15:34 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-02-15 16:00 ` Robert Pluim
2023-02-18 4:19 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-17 5:24 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-19 4:50 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 13:42 ` Visuwesh
2023-02-12 6:56 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-12 6:32 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-14 4:51 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-14 11:17 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-09 4:05 ` Sam James
2023-03-09 14:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-03-09 14:17 ` Robert Pluim
2023-03-09 16:57 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-03-09 17:06 ` Robert Pluim
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
2023-03-13 15:05 ` Jean Louis
2023-09-06 6:53 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-09-06 7:10 ` Ihor Radchenko
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