From: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
To: Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Cc: "Paul W. Rankin" <pwr@skeletons.cc>
Subject: Re: Proposal for an emacs-humanities mailing list
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:24:42 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pn3vr605.fsf@red-bean.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10e79eeb32b5d8f49453fe62f145172d@skeletons.cc> (Paul W. Rankin's message of "Sun, 29 Nov 2020 16:57:24 +1000")
On 29 Nov 2020, Paul W. Rankin" via "Emacs development discussions. wrote:
>During EmacsConf 2020 it became clear that there is a sizeable number
>of people who use Emacs outside of a programming context, specifically
>in the Humanities, and there was support for a mailing list dedicated
>to this group.
>
>The benefit of such a list would allow those using Emacs within the
>Humanities a way to become more directly involved with the project
>without committing to the emacs-devel or help-gnu-emacs lists, which
>are much more programming-focused than the average Humanities user may
>be comfortable with or interested in.
>
>I would be happy to administer this list, and could surely bring on
>others of a similar background and interest. (I'm a member of the
>Savannah Emacs group.)
>
>Proposed address:
>emacs-humanities@gnu.org
>
>Proposed description:
>This list is for general discussion and help for using GNU Emacs in
>the Humanities. Participants are assumed to be non-programmers and
>respected as such.
This seems like a useful idea. I looked at https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=emacs to see how one would request the creation of a new Emacs-related mailing list, but I didn't find an answer. Do you already know, or does someone here know how?
Best regards,
-Karl
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-30 1:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-29 6:57 Proposal for an emacs-humanities mailing list Paul W. Rankin via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-30 1:24 ` Karl Fogel [this message]
2020-11-30 3:16 ` Bob Newell
2020-12-01 5:20 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-01 10:59 ` 황병희
2020-11-30 3:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-30 3:55 ` Paul W. Rankin via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-30 4:40 ` Karl Fogel
2020-11-30 5:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-30 6:03 ` Paul W. Rankin via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-30 16:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-02 14:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-03 8:30 ` Paul W. Rankin via Emacs development discussions.
2020-12-03 9:15 ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2020-12-03 10:35 ` Paul W. Rankin via Emacs development discussions.
2020-12-12 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-14 22:28 ` Karl Fogel
2020-12-03 9:43 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-03 10:34 ` Paul W. Rankin via Emacs development discussions.
2020-12-03 10:16 ` Joost Kremers
2020-12-04 5:55 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-03 20:10 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-03 20:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-03 21:07 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-03 23:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-03 23:41 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-30 13:39 ` Leo Vivier
2020-11-30 17:23 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-11-30 21:27 ` Karl Fogel
2020-11-30 23:17 ` Drew Adams
2020-11-30 23:29 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-30 23:31 ` Karl Fogel
2020-12-01 8:57 ` tomas
2020-12-01 11:43 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-01 16:46 ` Drew Adams
2020-12-01 20:55 ` tomas
2020-12-01 17:42 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-12-02 4:29 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-02 6:41 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-12-01 9:17 ` tomas
2020-12-01 11:40 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-30 9:36 ` Michael Albinus
2020-11-30 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-30 16:19 ` Corwin Brust
2020-11-30 19:33 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-30 3:53 ` Zhu Zihao
2020-11-30 4:46 ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-30 9:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-30 12:03 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-11-30 13:29 ` Pankaj Jangid
2020-11-30 16:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-30 14:36 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-30 16:13 ` Corwin Brust
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