From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What would be the best screenshot of Emacs for the homepage? Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:21:27 +0100 Message-ID: <87y4d0bmh4.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <876105i1yi.fsf@petton.fr> <87wpslglue.fsf@petton.fr> <87io44llid.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449876129 23978 80.91.229.3 (11 Dec 2015 23:22:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:22:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nicolas Petton , emacs-devel , Pierre Lecocq , Yuri Khan To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 12 00:22:01 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a7X0i-0006w4-Mm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:22:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49863 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a7X0h-0004WQ-Vl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:21:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36016) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a7X0U-0004WD-D3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:21:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a7X0P-0008BT-OS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:21:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:60932) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a7X0P-0008AA-IR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:21:41 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4D398F201A; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:21:37 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id JG-TGrrDUQIU; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:21:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [109.232.24.28]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0AC998F2017; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:21:34 +0100 (CET) User-agent: mu4e 0.9.13; emacs 25.0.50.1 In-reply-to: <87io44llid.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2a01:5e00:2:52::8 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:196143 Archived-At: On 2015-12-11, at 22:32, David Kastrup wrote: >> I understand the idea to promote a FOSS enviromnent vs a proprietary >> one, > > A free environment. Isn't GNOME also open source? I thought "FOSS" means the conjunction of both. >> 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? Also, the kind of user who might identify the environment as a non-Windows one is probably the kind who uses GNU/Linux anyway. (I would assume that most Windows users either woulnd't notice, or would think that it is kind of a customized theme or something. I don't know about MacOS users; they are a rare phenomenon, since MacOS is rather an exotic choice.) Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University