From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: Pierre Lecocq <pierre.lecocq@gmail.com>
Cc: Nicolas Petton <nicolas@petton.fr>,
Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>,
emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: What would be the best screenshot of Emacs for the homepage?
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:32:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87io44llid.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMA-s-vjYe+G0PUOr3KhFKmT5oSy8Hk=dZex=14c94gF7x6z4w@mail.gmail.com> (Pierre Lecocq's message of "Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:05:45 +0100")
Pierre Lecocq <pierre.lecocq@gmail.com> writes:
>> - I want to promote the GNOME enviromnent over Windows/OS X
>
> Wouldn't it be better not to promote any enviromnent (as in "OS" or "Window
> Manager")?
Uhm, no?
> I understand the idea to promote a FOSS enviromnent vs a proprietary
> one,
A free environment.
> but as GNU/Emacs is supported by such a wide variety of plateforms
> (GNOME is not the default/recommended/usable WM on every ones),
GNOME is not a window manager.
> it would be better not to include the window bar in screenshots since
> it is the way (a.k.a the "most used way") to identify the environment
> (as in "OS" or "Window Manager").
So? For one thing, the font rendering will equally well identify a
platform. For another, why _wouldn't_ GNU Emacs promote GNU
environments (GNUstep would be another candidate but it is less
frequently used)? Other platforms are secondary considerations. Why
shouldn't the first priority of a GNU component be GNU?
--
David Kastrup
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-11 21:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-11 12:50 What would be the best screenshot of Emacs for the homepage? Nicolas Petton
2015-12-11 13:06 ` David Kastrup
2015-12-11 13:11 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-12-11 13:20 ` Yuri Khan
2015-12-11 13:23 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-12-11 21:05 ` Pierre Lecocq
2015-12-11 21:32 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2015-12-11 23:21 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-12-12 5:03 ` Richard Stallman
2015-12-12 5:03 ` Richard Stallman
2015-12-11 22:35 ` Random832
2015-12-11 23:47 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-12-12 0:26 ` daniel sutton
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