From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gutenberg-coding.el -- coding system for Project Gutenberg files Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:04:38 +1000 Message-ID: <87oe5bn2a1.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <87u0ff9387.fsf@zip.com.au> <87wtk9uqcq.fsf@zip.com.au> <87oe5eeea2.fsf@zip.com.au> <877jc2p838.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <8764rl834h.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130378800 14235 80.91.229.2 (27 Oct 2005 02:06:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:06:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 27 04:06:31 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUx9n-0001SK-VZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 04:06:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUx9n-0001q7-CB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:06:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EUx8O-00007i-4G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:04:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EUx8N-00005G-1i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:04:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUx8M-0008WQ-Og for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:04:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [61.8.0.115] (helo=mailout2.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EUx8M-0005G8-4W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:04:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.87]) by mailout2.pacific.net.au (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id j9R24jcB011955 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:04:45 +1000 Original-Received: from localhost (ppp26E3.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.38.227]) by mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id j9R24ibr028581 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:04:44 +1000 Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EUx8A-0001cF-00; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:04:38 +1000 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:29:36 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (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:44944 Archived-At: "Richard M. Stallman" writes: > > How about if you send Project Gutenberg a suggestion asking them if > they would make the format more standard, to help programs DTRT? > If you offer one or two specific suggestions, that would be useful. Yep. Though with about 16000 texts, and a fairly conservative update policy (from what I read in the faqs) I don't suppose that can happen immediately. Which is to say, I think there's merit in emacs working with what's presently published/mirrored/etc, if it can be done in an acceptable way.