Gnus version

Gnus version

[Katsumi Yamaoka]

BTW, hadn't we better bump the Gnus version number in Emacs?
Though I don't recall how to increment it.  In ChangeLog:

2007-10-28  v5.13
2004-01-04  v5.10.6
2004-01-04  v5.10.5
2004-01-03  v5.10.4
2003-12-30  v5.10.3
2003-05-14  v5.10.2
2003-05-01  v5.10.1
1999-02-19  v5.6.46
1998-11-19  v5.6.45

Re: Gnus version

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:

> BTW, hadn't we better bump the Gnus version number in Emacs?
> Though I don't recall how to increment it.  In ChangeLog:
>
> 2007-10-28  v5.13

Hm...  if I recall correctly, then No Gnus was really supposed to be
5.12?  (Since Quassia was 5.6 and Pterodactyl was 5.8 and Oort was
5.10.)  So I don't know where 5.13 comes from...

5.13 makes `gnus-continuum-version' not work very well.  

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Re: Gnus version

[Gijs Hillenius]

On  1 Nov 2011, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>
>> BTW, hadn't we better bump the Gnus version number in Emacs?
>> Though I don't recall how to increment it.  In ChangeLog:
>>
>> 2007-10-28  v5.13
>
> Hm...  if I recall correctly, then No Gnus was really supposed to be
> 5.12?  (Since Quassia was 5.6 and Pterodactyl was 5.8 and Oort was
> 5.10.)  So I don't know where 5.13 comes from...
>
> 5.13 makes `gnus-continuum-version' not work very well.  


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnus

says

Gnus 5.10 (Oort Gnus) – May 1, 2003

Gnus 5.11 rebranded 5.10 bundled with GNU Emacs 22.1 (June 2, 2007)

Gnus 5.13 (included in GNU Emacs 23.1 (July 29, 2009) from No Gnus
branch)

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asynchronous inode failure

Re: Gnus version

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Gijs Hillenius <gijs@hillenius.net> writes:

> Gnus 5.10 (Oort Gnus) – May 1, 2003
>
> Gnus 5.11 rebranded 5.10 bundled with GNU Emacs 22.1 (June 2, 2007)
>
> Gnus 5.13 (included in GNU Emacs 23.1 (July 29, 2009) from No Gnus
> branch)

Ah, right...  makes sense, I guess.  So the main problem is that No Gnus
hasn't been retired yet because I can't think of a word starting with
M...  :-)

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Re: Gnus version

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Gnus 5.10 (Oort Gnus) – May 1, 2003
>> 
>> Gnus 5.11 rebranded 5.10 bundled with GNU Emacs 22.1 (June 2, 2007)
>> 
>> Gnus 5.13 (included in GNU Emacs 23.1 (July 29, 2009) from No Gnus
>> branch)

> Ah, right...  makes sense, I guess.  So the main problem is that No Gnus
> hasn't been retired yet because I can't think of a word starting with
> M...  :-)

"My Gnus", "Ms Gnus", "Mama Gnus", "Monster Gnus"?


        Stefan

Re: Gnus version

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> "My Gnus", "Ms Gnus", "Mama Gnus", "Monster Gnus"?

It should be a Japanese word that should begin with an M and have a
kanji equivalent that looks kick-ass on a t-shirt.

Tough criteria.  :-)

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Re: Gnus version

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> "My Gnus", "Ms Gnus", "Mama Gnus", "Monster Gnus"?
>
> It should be a Japanese word that should begin with an M and have a
> kanji equivalent that looks kick-ass on a t-shirt.
>
> Tough criteria.  :-)

Somehow, I think manji wouldn't go over too well.  :)

-- 
Michael Welsh Duggan
(md5i@md5i.com)

Re: Gnus version

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i@md5i.com> writes:

> Somehow, I think manji wouldn't go over too well.  :)

Heh heh.

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Re: Gnus version

[chad]

> Ah, right...  makes sense, I guess.  So the main problem is that No Gnus
> hasn't been retired yet because I can't think of a word starting with
> M...  :-)

Mo' Gnus? :-)

*Chad

Re: Gnus version

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes:
 > Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
 > 
 > > "My Gnus", "Ms Gnus", "Mama Gnus", "Monster Gnus"?

My Gnus  米 ("(uncooked) rice" Gnus)

My Gnus  毎 ("every time" Gnus)

 > It should be a Japanese word that should begin with an M and have a
 > kanji equivalent that looks kick-ass on a t-shirt.

"Mou Gnus"  網 ("network Gnus") is the obvious one, though I
dunno if the kanji is kickass enough. :-)

"Makoto Gnus"  誠 ("sincere" Gnus)  This will probably increase
Japanese usage by 100% in 3 months. :-)

"Mou Gnus"  猛 ("mad" (as in "mad dog") Gnus)  I like this one.

"Mou Gnus"  盲 ("blind" Gnus)

"Myou Gnus"  妙 ("odd" or "curious" Gnus).  The kanji is a
little weak, though.

"Mado Gnus"  窓 ("window" Gnus)  The kanji is definitely weak.

 > Tough criteria.  :-)

Not really. :-)

Re: Gnus version

[Jambunathan K]

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I was feeling so bored that I compiled a list. I deserve a T-shirt if
any of this goes through.


"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes:
>  > Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>  > 
>  > > "My Gnus", "Ms Gnus", "Mama Gnus", "Monster Gnus"?
>
> My Gnus  米 ("(uncooked) rice" Gnus)
>
> My Gnus  毎 ("every time" Gnus)
>
>  > It should be a Japanese word that should begin with an M and have a
>  > kanji equivalent that looks kick-ass on a t-shirt.
>
> "Mou Gnus"  網 ("network Gnus") is the obvious one, though I
> dunno if the kanji is kickass enough. :-)
>
> "Makoto Gnus"  誠 ("sincere" Gnus)  This will probably increase
> Japanese usage by 100% in 3 months. :-)
>
> "Mou Gnus"  猛 ("mad" (as in "mad dog") Gnus)  I like this one.
>
> "Mou Gnus"  盲 ("blind" Gnus)
>
> "Myou Gnus"  妙 ("odd" or "curious" Gnus).  The kanji is a
> little weak, though.
>
> "Mado Gnus"  窓 ("window" Gnus)  The kanji is definitely weak.


Many of the things that are listed above I see under 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8Diku_kanji

Some of the M-pronunciations are under On. Some are under Kun. The
pronunciations are so different.

"Mu" is a popular word in zen circles - I believe - it means neither
good or bad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28negative%29
Just pick the seal script for the letter - It looks so exotic.

>  > Tough criteria.  :-)
>
> Not really. :-)

Not in this age where information - not knowledge - is a commodity.

Algorithm is simple, go through the list below - searching for m - that
is it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_j%C5%8Dy%C5%8D_kanji

In the list below, I particularly like the following:

1353	紫	purple		murasaki
152	六	six		mu, mu-tsu, mut-tsu, mui
149	全	whole		matta-ku

672	惑	beguile		mado-u
674	惨-慘	wretched	miji-me
1859	難	difficult	muzuka-shii
1154	珍	rare		mezura-shii
1231	瞬	wink		matata-ku
1349	紛	distract	magi-reru, magi-rasu, magi-rawasu, magi-rawashii
1263	祭	festival	matsu-ru, matsu-ri
1708	迎	welcome		muka-eru
1966	咽	stuffy		muse-bu, muse-ru
2054	睦	harmonious	mutsu-majii, mutsu-mu, mutsu-bu
2076	臆	timidity	mune
2104	貪	covet		musabo-ru
2141	麺-麵	noodles		men, mugiko


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8Diku_kanji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28negative%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_j%C5%8Dy%C5%8D_kanji
18	丸	circle		maru, maru-i, maru-meru
26	乱-亂	riot		mida-reru, mida-su
39	交	mix		maji-waru, maji-eru, ma-jiru, ma-zaru, ma-zeru
41	京	capital		miyako
54	以	by means of	mot-te
124	催	sponsor		moyō-su
145	免 	excuse		men, manuka-reru
149	全	whole		matta-ku
152	六	six		mu, mu-tsu, mut-tsu, mui
364	基	foundation	moto, motoi
440	娘	daughter	musume
446	婿	bridegroom	muko
472	実-實	truth		mi, mino-ru
507	導	guide		michibi-ku
535	峰	summit		mine
542	巡	patrol		megu-ru
621	待	wait		ma-tsu
661	恵-惠	favor		megu-mu
672	惑	beguile		mado-u
674	惨-慘	wretched	miji-me
884	未	not yet		mi
991	水	water		mizu
1154	珍	rare		mezura-shii
1231	瞬	wink		matata-ku
1263	祭	festival	matsu-ru, matsu-ri
1349	紛	distract	magi-reru, magi-rasu, magi-rawasu, magi-rawashii
1353	紫	purple		murasaki
1408	群	flock		mu-reru, mu-re, mura
1444	胸	bosom		mune, muna
1508	蒸	steam		mu-su, mu-reru, mu-rasu
1617	謀	conspire	bō, mu
1708	迎	welcome		muka-eru
1859	難	difficult	muzuka-shii
1871	霧	fog		mu
1938	麦-麥	wheat		mugi
1966	咽	stuffy		muse-bu, muse-ru
2054	睦	harmonious	mutsu-majii, mutsu-mu, mutsu-bu
2076	臆	timidity	mune
2104	貪	covet		musabo-ru
2136	骸	dead remains	mukuro
2141	麺-麵	noodles		men, mugiko

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Re: Gnus version

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Jambunathan K writes:

 > "Mu" is a popular word in zen circles - I believe - it means neither
 > good or bad.

No, in Zen the meaning is far more subtle.  Something like "Gnus,
Eudora, it's all illusion so let's go swimming instead".  In daily
Japanese it means "none".  So it's too late, we've already done "No
Gnus". ;-)

 > >  > Tough criteria.  :-)
 > >
 > > Not really. :-)
 > 
 > Not in this age where information - not knowledge - is a commodity.

Ah, but most of your list won't fly as single kanji; they simply
wouldn't be read that way without additional characters, usually
non-kanji.  One could make the T-shirt that way, but I think the
single kanji would have more impact.

Some glosses (rather personal ;-) on your list:

 > 1353	紫	purple		murasaki

Somehow reminds me of Jimi Hendrix.  Good!

 > 1263	祭	festival	matsu-ru, matsu-ri

Gnus development often reminds me of a Japanese festival.  Lots of
milling around signifying very little. ;-)

 > 2141	麺-麵	noodles		men, mugiko

"Men-gnus" doesn't scan.  Sounds like a brand of contact lens.

 > 18	丸	circle		maru, maru-i, maru-meru

Very Japanese.  Too bad it doesn't scan.

 > 364	基	foundation	moto, motoi
 > 440	娘	daughter	musume
 > 446	婿	bridegroom	muko

They'd be read as desired, but somehow don't work for me.

 > 884	未	not yet		mi

I like it! but it doesn't quite scan.

 > 991	水	water		mizu

Eh.

> 1408	群	flock		mu-reru, mu-re, mura

Ah, I can't believe I missed this one.  "Mure" can be translated as
"herd", too.

 > 1938	麦-麥	wheat		mugi

Wacky enough to work, and scans.

Re: Gnus version

[CHENG Gao]

I suggest 真 (Ma)(adj. form). It could mean real, true, genuine, pure,
just, right etc. (Refer to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%9C%9F)

As a noun (in Chinese and Japanese Kanji) it means Truth, Reality,
Geniuneness etc, which IMHO is good for T-shirt. For this purpose I
suggest to use other form of this character - 眞:
(Refer to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%9C%9E)

It's traditional Chinese form, and is MORE FASHIONABLE for T-shirt. It's
 profoundly philosophical word (as a single character).

Ma Gnus - Real Gnus/True Gnus/Genuine Gnus/Right Gnus.
You wanna know the truth? Use Ma Gnus.

Re: Gnus version

[Juri Linkov]

> Ma Gnus - Real Gnus/True Gnus/Genuine Gnus/Right Gnus.

And when written in one word, "Magnus" means "Great" in Latin.

Re: Gnus version

[CHENG Gao]

*On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:57:07 +0200
* Also sprach Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>:

>> Ma Gnus - Real Gnus/True Gnus/Genuine Gnus/Right Gnus.
>
> And when written in one word, "Magnus" means "Great" in Latin.

Good catch! I did not realize this. :-p

-- 
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Re: Gnus version

[Dave Abrahams]

on Mon Nov 07 2011, CHENG Gao <chenggao-AT-royau.me> wrote:

> *On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:57:07 +0200
> * Also sprach Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>:
>
>>> Ma Gnus - Real Gnus/True Gnus/Genuine Gnus/Right Gnus.
>>
>> And when written in one word, "Magnus" means "Great" in Latin.
>
> Good catch! I did not realize this. :-p

This opportunity for geekoolness must not be missed!  Lars, what say
you?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com

Re: Gnus version

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:

>> Ma Gnus - Real Gnus/True Gnus/Genuine Gnus/Right Gnus.

Nice...

> And when written in one word, "Magnus" means "Great" in Latin.

And my middle name is a version of "Magnus".  :-)

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Re: Gnus version

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> writes:

>  > It should be a Japanese word that should begin with an M and have a
>  > kanji equivalent that looks kick-ass on a t-shirt.
>
> "Mou Gnus"  網 ("network Gnus") is the obvious one, though I
> dunno if the kanji is kickass enough. :-)

Looks quite kick-ass to me...  and it would kinda be appropriate, since
I hope to make Gnus more cloud-ey next year.

> "Makoto Gnus"  誠 ("sincere" Gnus)  This will probably increase
> Japanese usage by 100% in 3 months. :-)

Heh heh.

> "Mou Gnus"  猛 ("mad" (as in "mad dog") Gnus)  I like this one.

Nice.

> "Mou Gnus"  盲 ("blind" Gnus)
>
> "Myou Gnus"  妙 ("odd" or "curious" Gnus).  The kanji is a
> little weak, though.
>
> "Mado Gnus"  窓 ("window" Gnus)  The kanji is definitely weak.
>
>  > Tough criteria.  :-)
>
> Not really. :-)

Lots to choose from!  Thanks.  :-)

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Re: Gnus version

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes:

 > Lots to choose from!  Thanks.  :-)

You're welcome.  I now favor the "Ma Gnus" suggestion though, as the
triple pun (Ma Gnus == True Gnus == wizard == Lars) is irresistible.

Re: Gnus version

[Katsumi Yamaoka]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> wrote:
> You're welcome.  I now favor the "Ma Gnus" suggestion though, as the
> triple pun (Ma Gnus == True Gnus == wizard == Lars) is irresistible.

I like 真 Gnus.  Though not a few Japanese people might pronounce
it as Makoto. ;)  In addition, this is a good opportunity for Gnus
to drop non-Mule XEmacs 21.4 support.

Re: Gnus version

[Jambunathan K]

Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:

> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> wrote:
>> You're welcome.  I now favor the "Ma Gnus" suggestion though, as the
>> triple pun (Ma Gnus == True Gnus == wizard == Lars) is irresistible.
>
> I like 真 Gnus.  Though not a few Japanese people might pronounce
> it as Makoto. ;)  In addition, this is a good opportunity for Gnus
> to drop non-Mule XEmacs 21.4 support.

(Not related to earlier threads. But posting for curiosity value)

Happened to stumble upon this a few minutes ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_%28negative_space%29

The pronunciation is "Ma" but it's written differently from the original
Ma. It goes something like: 間

It looks to me that the same letter is pronounced differently by
different cultures. A chinese, a korean, a japanese, a vietnamese hacker
looking at a MaGnus shirt may actually read different things.

Jambunathan K.
-- 

Re: Gnus version

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Jambunathan K writes:

 > It looks to me that the same letter is pronounced differently by
 > different cultures. A chinese, a korean, a japanese, a vietnamese hacker
 > looking at a MaGnus shirt may actually read different things.

We're used to that.

Re: Gnus version

[CHENG Gao]

*On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:30:36 +0530
* Also sprach Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>:

> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>
>> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> wrote:
>>> You're welcome. I now favor the "Ma Gnus" suggestion though, as the
>>> triple pun (Ma Gnus == True Gnus == wizard == Lars) is
>>> irresistible.
>> I like 真 Gnus. Though not a few Japanese people might pronounce it
>> as Makoto. ;) In addition, this is a good opportunity for Gnus to
>> drop non-Mule XEmacs 21.4 support.
>
> (Not related to earlier threads. But posting for curiosity value)
>
> Happened to stumble upon this a few minutes ago:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_%28negative_space%29
>
> The pronunciation is "Ma" but it's written differently from the
> original Ma. It goes something like: 間
>
> It looks to me that the same letter is pronounced differently by
> different cultures. A chinese, a korean, a japanese, a vietnamese
> hacker looking at a MaGnus shirt may actually read different things.

Don't worry too much about this. In fact in Chinese, alphabetical form
of any character is ambiguious. And many characters have various
pronunciations. You always need context to decide the pronunciation and
meaning.

And there are some funny stories that can demonstrate this variation
to extreme. If anyone is interested, you can take a look at some
short novelss/verses below:

1. 《施氏食狮史》
　　　　
石室诗士施氏，嗜狮，誓食十狮。施氏时时适市视狮。十时，适十狮适市。
是时，适施氏适市。氏视是十狮，恃矢势，使是十狮逝世。
氏拾是十狮尸，适石室。石室湿，氏使侍拭石室。石室拭，氏始试食是十狮。
食时，始识是十狮，实十石狮尸。试释是事。

All characters above have the same Pinyin form -- Shi. It's the
most famous demonstration.

2. 《于瑜与余欲渔遇雨》 
于瑜欲渔，遇余于寓。语余：“余欲渔于渝淤，与余渔渝欤？”
余语于瑜：“余欲鬻玉，俞禹欲玉，余欲遇俞于俞寓。”
余与于瑜遇俞禹于俞寓，逾俞隅，欲鬻玉于俞，遇雨，雨逾俞宇。
余语于瑜：“余欲渔于渝淤，遇雨俞寓，雨逾俞宇，欲渔欤？鬻玉欤？”
于瑜与余御雨于俞寓，俞鬻玉于余禹，雨愈，余与于瑜踽踽逾俞宇，渔于渝淤。

All characters above have the same alphabetical
form -- Yu.

3. 《季姬击鸡记》
季姬寂，集鸡，鸡即棘鸡。棘鸡饥叽，季姬及箕稷济鸡。
鸡既济，跻姬笈，季姬忌，急咭鸡，鸡急，继圾几，季姬急，即籍箕击鸡，
箕疾击几伎，伎即齑，鸡叽集几基，季姬急极屐击鸡，鸡既殛，季姬激，
即记《季姬击鸡记》。

All in form -- Ji.

4. 《遗镒疑医》
伊姨殪，遗亿镒。伊诣邑，意医姨疫，一医医伊姨。翌，亿镒遗，疑医，以议医。
医以伊疑，缢，以移伊疑。伊倚椅以忆，忆以亿镒遗，以议伊医，亦缢。噫！亦异
矣！

All in -- Yi.

5. 《熙戏犀》
西溪犀，喜嬉戏。席熙夕夕携犀徙，席熙细细习洗犀。犀吸溪，戏袭熙。
席熙嘻嘻希息戏。惜犀嘶嘶喜袭熙。

A verse. All in Xi.


There are many like these. Don't bother trying to understand what they
mean since most Chinese have difficulty in undersanding them.