From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is there any way to have a string literal that is read "raw"
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:25:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42CEFD45.2050107@student.lu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1Dr0uY-0002Qh-Fa@fencepost.gnu.org>
Richard M. Stallman wrote:
>I would not dream of changing something as fundamental as string
>syntax for something as specific as filename handling, even if it were
>meant to be used on the GNU system. And since it is merely for the
>sake of Windows, an unethical system that we aim to replace, the
>motive is even further from sufficient.
>
>
Of course not. I just wondered if there were some other method for
creating lisp objects than (read ..) that I had missed.
>Nothing important in the design of Emacs should be designed for the
>sake of Windows, because that would be giving Windows influence it
>should not have.
>
There are many roads to the goal. How can one be sure which step is the
best without considering advantages and drawbacks with an open mind?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-08 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-08 14:16 Is there any way to have a string literal that is read "raw" Lennart Borgman
2005-07-08 15:07 ` David Kastrup
2005-07-08 15:49 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-08 16:12 ` David Kastrup
2005-07-08 16:33 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-08 16:43 ` David Kastrup
2005-07-08 16:40 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-08 22:01 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-08 22:25 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2005-07-09 17:01 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-09 17:40 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-10 17:34 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-10 21:28 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-11 16:54 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-11 19:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-12 3:20 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-09 5:22 ` Sean O'Rourke
2005-07-10 5:19 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-09 8:02 ` Markus Gritsch
2005-07-09 9:16 ` David Kastrup
2005-07-09 16:28 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-09 16:49 ` David Kastrup
2005-07-10 5:19 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-10 6:59 ` Sean O'Rourke
2005-07-10 8:24 ` David Kastrup
2005-07-11 5:35 ` Richard M. Stallman
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