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: Suggestions for the temporary windows used from the minibuffer Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:19:56 +0200 Message-ID: <85hddxij5v.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <42F34A82.9070703@student.lu.se> <42F3F3B5.1050403@student.lu.se> <42F50667.8010507@student.lu.se> <94FCFE71-A172-467D-B4BE-89485897EAF9@swipnet.se> <85u0hxim3s.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1123708921 16875 80.91.229.2 (10 Aug 2005 21:22:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 21:22:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 10 23:21:52 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2y0n-0002An-QU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:21:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2y3v-00036X-SJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:24:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E2y3U-0002xN-IK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:24:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E2y3Q-0002vF-DH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2y3Q-0002ug-1s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:24:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E2yDf-0008Sq-9Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:34:39 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E2xxJ-0002kL-Kd; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:17:45 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 4871A1C4CE29; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:19:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Frank Schmitt In-Reply-To: (Frank Schmitt's message of "Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:02:14 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:41879 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:41879 Frank Schmitt writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> [GNU head] >> >> Maybe one should put a pen into the gnu's mouth. But that is more >> reminiscent of word processing rather than editing. > > I'd rather go the line of what makes Emacs a special editor. Something > like a Gnu had floating above some typical key combinations like "C-c > M-x C-M-\" or one could go for the lisp, e.g. by a Gnu head enclosed in > two big parentheses. > > Thinking again about it, I think I'd really like the second idea > better. Gnu horns are already like parentheses. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum