From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Moreton Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: could matlab-mode be in ELPA or the GNU emacs tree (like auctex and org-mode)? Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:16:35 +0000 Message-ID: <86czmt2rj0.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878rxiu323.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87v90mrkvu.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87zgpxncrf.fsf@yahoo.com> <87pmqtsyox.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87mtlxn9pg.fsf@yahoo.com> <8735npsvhg.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87ee79n87p.fsf@yahoo.com> <87tug5n3cz.fsf@dick> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40565"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (windows-nt) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:4uEYsaPExZKadxaF4OGijKfJlp8= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 21 21:18:05 2021 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 1motHo-000AMg-La for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 21:18:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37348 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1motHn-0003rb-Dm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:18:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37408) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1motGc-0002gL-JY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:16:51 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:33972) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1motGW-0004JK-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:16:46 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1motGU-0008Wo-42 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 21:16:42 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: 5 X-Spam_score: 0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD=1, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.249, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.248, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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:279884 Archived-At: On Sun 21 Nov 2021, dick wrote: > PL> We support GNU Emacs on proprietary operating systems because we hope > PL> this taste of freedom will inspire users to escape from them. > > Inertia is real, and institutions will always opt for circuitous rhetoric over > policy reversal to avoid retcon'ing a longstanding inconsistency. GNU happens > to be rather expert at this kind of casuistry. Please drop the rude tone. It does not advance your arguments. > Without data, I agree with OP that if I were a Windows user, I imagine myself > more inclined to stick with Windows if GNU offered a fully functioning emacs > there (fortunately for GNU, it doesn't). Wrong. Emacs works fine on Windows, and has for decades. AndyM