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: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 12:02:27 +0300 Message-ID: <20201004090227.GQ32715@protected.rcdrun.com> References: <835z7vjrg3.fsf@gnu.org> <83tuvegkmo.fsf@gnu.org> <83v9ftf6n9.fsf@gnu.org> <837ds6fpfs.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20227"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/1.14.0 (2020-05-02) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 04 11:04:08 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 1kOzw8-00058m-FW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 11:04:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59214 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kOzw7-0001Er-D9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 05:04:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:32896) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kOzuz-0000ms-GE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 05:02:57 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:38215) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kOzux-0007c9-Lz; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 05:02:57 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.34.178]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000005A13D.000000005F798FA6.00006CFB; Sun, 04 Oct 2020 02:02:29 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <837ds6fpfs.fsf@gnu.org> 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 = 2020/10/04 04:25:23 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:257019 Archived-At: * Eli Zaretskii [2020-10-04 09:59]: > > Even if my local dictionary took more work to search, which it > > doesn't, I would I always prefer my local dictionary over anything > > that requires network communication. > > I think you are very unusual in this regard. I have a lot to do on my > typical day, so every second of my time counts. I will use the most > efficient means of getting the information I need as fast as possible. > Today's Internet search engines make that possible, so I use them a > lot. I was for months outside of good Internet network area in Uganda, and locally installed dictionary was really help. I have translation dictionaries installed locally and English dictionaries. Let me say that majority of computer users on the planet do not have reliable or any Internet connections.