From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: --with-gtk as default? Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:25:16 +0100 Message-ID: <85649ml8hv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85wt23idxi.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <857iu267fm.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <45E53BCE.4090300@swipnet.se> <17893.16643.270487.229535@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <85zm6ymrx4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85mz2ympp2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85fy8ql90l.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172669157 25470 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2007 13:25:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:25:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv?= , emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 28 14:25:40 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HMOoK-0002Or-Ib for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:25:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOoL-0005Sh-0Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:25:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOo6-0005SM-MN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:25:22 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOo5-0005Rz-45 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:25:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOo5-0005Ru-13 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:25:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-06.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.46]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HMOo2-0001Iz-Ro; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:25:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-11-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.28]) by mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35A762C898E; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:25:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (mail-in-03.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.43]) by mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B5B347458; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:25:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-043-215.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.43.215]) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C47275F75; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:25:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 2E6871C4D3B2; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:25:16 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Wed\, 28 Feb 2007 14\:18\:01 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:67033 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> Andreas Schwab writes: >> >>> David Kastrup writes: >>> >>>> Such a waste. It's frustrating to advertise an editor that visually >>>> appears to be stuck in the last millennium. >>> >>> Often less is more. (I only use more when I don't have less.) >> >> And your point was? Last time I looked, less did not have a less >> sophisticated graphical interface than more. > > It has more functionality, but still a plain look. Wrong. It will use the terminal application's widgets, and in that way will blend in right with the desktop. As opposed to Emacs. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum