From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:50:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ttzy7pg1.fsf@localhost> <87wn4u6xj0.fsf@yahoo.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36383"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, yantar92@posteo.net, stefankangas@gmail.com, 61325@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 19 05:51:25 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pTbfZ-0009Bb-1n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2023 05:51:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTbfH-0003ah-JF; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:51:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTbfF-0003aN-PR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:51:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTbfC-0001kN-If for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:51:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pTbfC-0006MG-5g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:51:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 04:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 61325 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 61325-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B61325.167678223924389 (code B ref 61325); Sun, 19 Feb 2023 04:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 61325) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Feb 2023 04:50:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45366 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pTbep-0006LJ-86 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:50:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34004) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pTben-0006L4-64 for 61325@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:50:37 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTbef-0001Rr-Te; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:50:31 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=eKDtOQi+N2ykjRh8YeNWMVQBQ1tww61Jd99SkAvtnhk=; b=Fv271pwFFnP2 oPeiEF2GhVd8YBtpFFWnteimeqbdtWlmC6i+NYFbZsofHlmxOnzW5DHrl5OWeiVbYfKizh/MRqWHV 0yJNlZnK9wyrKG1ZQEo/JbSdDaENafG099VL2ARU2AH054A9kVwDxn2dob1dl0AEN5anY7AZs/jKn umyYR/3zJ3EnlWi26i01GeFPR8caV2bKjTWS6j2ZUPXFunEbQHyTdk1LpttHb9qJNeV33p0ZH3PYU RT+m5eFRdBFaA17FWp4l5Ddbb3Eh1Z0zt+y27mX3JEukIA9lQkK4SLwmC7JihSNpU4O0tzWWL6bIy rCAFHWmdrS6onhJ3WX6lAA==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pTbeH-0000AK-HM; Sat, 18 Feb 2023 23:50:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Jean Louis on Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:24:46 +0300) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:256018 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > Since I also couldn't make heads or tails of it, I deleted that > > paragraph. I guess if someone thinks it's hilarious, they'll chastise > > me publicly, and then they can hopefully also explain what the joke or > > even intended meaning of that paragraph is. > Why don't you ask Lars. There was no need for the answer to come from him in particular. > For single person's lack of insight, that shall not be deleted. I am not saying that joke should be deleted. I am saying that the manual needs to explain its serious points weriously, not just with jokes. It needs to what kill files do, and what scoring does, and how to use them. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)