From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How to make Emacs popular again. Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 05:41:47 +0000 Message-ID: <12C2498C-1E81-475A-9999-EF83368A3817@gnu.support> References: <87o8ls1vvq.fsf@posteo.net> <20200926145302.sjrwjrguf5ialc25@Ergus> <3201a9fe-de19-d553-0be1-d379f182fd47@yandex.ru> <84273aa2-24a9-7584-18b9-03a5ac783d62@yandex.ru> <835z7vjrg3.fsf@gnu.org> <20201001140819.GN4797@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7344"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: EMACS development team To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, chad , James Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 02 07:43:25 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1kODqm-0001pm-TK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 07:43:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33688 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kODql-0002s3-Uk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 01:43:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36958) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kODpT-0002RG-7L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 01:42:03 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:52591) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kODpR-0007oh-B3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2020 01:42:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.43.201] ([::ffff:197.157.34.166]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000005C0CE.000000005F76BDA2.00000802; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 22:41:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/02 01:41:56 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256922 Archived-At: None of them have free license, we need free information=2E Am October 1, 2020 7:15:08 PM UTC schrieb chad : >On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 8:14 AM James Lu wrote: > >> Has anyone checked if Wiktionary's quality is good? >> >> In my experience, Oxford dictionary are better than Meriam-Webster's >> dictionary=2E >> > >My favorite professional editor tells me that in general, for English >definitions and usage, MW is preferred to the OED=2E OED is generally >better >if you care specifically about etymology, but otherwise, MW has the >edge >for usage, especially modern usage, as the OED is (deliberately) slower >to >add words and update usages=2E > >This is, of course, a very broad comparison, and both are good enough >for >most people=2E > >Hope that helps, >~Chad